This year BASC members are voting for their Para-athlete of the Year. This is for the Susanna Ingram Award, named after a former BASC Committee member who died from cerebral palsy. The winner will be announced at the BASC Annual Dinner in November.
For the Susanna Ingram Award the shortlist includes Sabrina Fortune and Dan Pembroke, world and paralympic champions, and world record holders in the F20 shot put and F13 javelin throw respectively. Hannah Cockroft is the world and paralympic champion in both the T34 and 100m and 800m. Sammi Kinghorn won her first paralympic gold medal in the T53 100m breaking the games record, and also paralympic silver medalist in the 400m, 800m, 1500m and universal relay. Ben Sandilands became T20 1500m paralympic champion and world record holder on his Games debut. Aled Davies is the F63 shot put world champion and paralympic silver medalist, while Hollie Arnold became world champion in the F46 javelin, and took bronze at the paralympic games.
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