• Events:

  Goalball, women's team

• Home Town:

  Leeds

• Lives:

  Southend, Essex

• Trains:

  London

• Date Of Birth:

  23rd December 1983

• Games Attended:

  London 12, Sydney 00

Louise has been playing Goalball for around 17 years, after discovering the sport when she attended the RNIB College in Worcester in 1995. She played her first international tournament in Denmark in 1996 and she has been playing for Great Britain ever since.

At London 2012, Louise competed in her second Paralympic Games as part of a young team whose starting three players had an average age of just 22 years old.

Their first victory of the Games, versus Brazil, was the first win for any British team in a team sport at the Copper Box Arena. Their performance in the group stages secured a place in the quarter-finals, where they faced Sweden. Here, their medal hopes ended as they lost by a 'golden goal' in the opening seconds of overtime.

Among Louise’s career highlights is the 2007 IBSA Paralympic qualifying tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she scored two goals against Finland, then current European Champions, She was also part of the gold medal winning team that competed at the 2009 European Championships in Munich, Germany

Major Results

• 2012 London Paralympic Games
• Quarter-finals
• 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games
• 5th
• 2010 World Championships, Sheffield, UK
• 11th
• 2009 European Championships, Munich, Germany
• gold
• 2009 Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain
• silver
• 2008 Venice Open, Venice, Italy
• silver