Lucy Robinson (wheelchair basketball)

Lucy Robinson
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1999-05-21) 21 May 1999 (age 25)
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportWheelchair basketball
Disabilityavascular necrosis
Disability class4.5
ClubLoughborough Lightning Wheelchair Basketball Club

Lucy Robinson (born 21 May 1999) is a British 4.5-point wheelchair basketball player from Leicester. She played for the Great Britain women's national wheelchair basketball team in the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and in the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Biography

Lucy Robinson was born on 21 May 1999.[1][2] She comes from Mountsorrel and is a primary school teacher.[3] She broke her hip in a roller skating accident. This led to avascular necrosis, a condition causing cellular death in the bone due to interrupted blood supply.[4]

After her injury she was unable to continue playing association football. As a teenager, she started playing wheelchair basketball at the Leicester Cobras club in Leicester after a wheelchair basketball trial event at the club.[5] She studied at the Sheffield Hallam University.[6] She is a member of Sheffield Hallam Wheelchair Basketball club,[6][7] and currently plays for Loughborough Lightning Wheelchair Basketball.[8] She is a 4.5 point player.[9]

At the 2018 International Wheelchair Basketball Federation U24 European championship, she helped secure a gold medal for Great Britain. She earned a bronze medal at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[1][10][11] She was named 2020 Sportswoman of the Year at the Team Hallam Sports Ball and her team Sheffield Hallam Wheelchair Basketball club was named 2020 Team of the Year.[12] In 2021 she made her debut appearance as a senior with the Great Britain women's national wheelchair basketball team in the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[6] She played for the team again at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.[13]

Robinson is a part of the LGBTQ+ community.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tokyo Paralympics: Lucy Robinson hopeful of GB wheelchair basketball medal". BBC. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Wheelchair basketball star Lucy picked for Paralympics". Leicester Mercury. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. ^ Patel, Asha (11 August 2021). "Hoops and dreams as teacher swaps classroom for glory at Paralympics". Loughborough Echo. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ^ Chris Waring (23 August 2021). "From broken hip to my first Paralympics". BBC. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. ^ Asha Patel (9 August 2021). "Primary school teacher set to make Paralympics debut for Team GB in Tokyo". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Lucy Robinson". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Lucy joins Tokyo 2020 Paralympic wheelchair basketball squad". WQE.ac.uk. Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College. 19 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Wheelchair Basketball: How to watch the Women's Premier League on the BBC". BBC. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Lucy Robinson". British Wheelchair Basketball. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Lucy Robinson". British Wheelchair Basketball. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  11. ^ Warrington, Pete (7 November 2018). "Robinson helps GB to claim U24 European crown - Wheelchair basketball success". Loughborough Echo. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Team Hallam Sportswoman of the Year targets Tokyo!". TASS. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Robinson So Confident of Medal". Leicester Mercury. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Out LGBTQ Paralympians at the 2024 Paris Summer Games". OutSports. Retrieved 13 October 2024.