Sophie Carrigill

Wheelchair Basketball

Region

Wakefield
Date of Birth

19/01/1994
Classification

1.0

Bio

Sophie Carrigill has enjoyed a meteoric progression through the ranks of wheelchair basketball since claiming bronze on her major debut at the 2013 European Championships in Frankfurt, Germany.

First discovering the sport at her local club in Leeds during her rehabilitation from a near fatal car accident in 2010, Sophie has gone on to become a regular international for Great Britain, captaining the GB Women’s team at the 2014 World Championships in Canada and the team in 2015 that earned a qualification place for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games with European bronze.

In Rio, Sophie co-captained the ParalympicsGB team to its best-ever finish of fourth, and has since gone on to make further history being part of the teams that claimed World and European silvers in 2018 and 2019, respectively, both firsts for the GB Women’s team.

Sophie has also enjoyed successes away from the court, completing Sports Psychology degrees at both the University of Worcester and Sheffield Hallam University alongside her sporting successes.

Major Results

2019 World Championships

Silver

2015 European Championships, Worcester, UK

Bronze

2013 European Championships, Frankfurt, Germany

Bronze

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