Samantha Kinghorn
Sammi Kinghorn 
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| Full name | Samantha Kinghorn |
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 United Kingdom of Scotland ( Commonwealth Games )
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| birthday | January 6, 1996 |
| place of birth | Scotland |
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| discipline | Wheelchair athletics |
| society | Red Star Athletics Club |
| Trainer | Ian Mirfin |
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| last change: February 6, 2020 | |
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Samantha "Sammi" Kinghorn (born January 6, 1996 in Scotland ) is a British athlete . Since 2014 she has been successful in several Paralympic European and World Championships as a racing wheelchair user in the sprint disciplines of the T53 class.
Youth and Accident
Samantha Kinghorn grew up on a farm with Gordon and attended elementary school in town and then Earlston High School in Earlston , Scottish Borders . At the beginning of December 2010, while clearing snow on her parents' farm, she was hit by a roof avalanche and seriously injured. She spent five months in the hospital and is paralyzed from the waist down from the spine injury she suffered.
During her rehabilitation, she and her physiotherapist visited Stoke Mandeville Hospital , where the Paralympic movement began in 1948 and which is now one of the world's largest centers for the treatment of spinal injuries. There she should have the opportunity to try out different sports and soon decided to do wheelchair racing. Based on her initial fears that she would never get out of bed, she does not see the wheelchair as a fate, but as an opportunity. While she felt marginalized as the only wheelchair user at school, in wheelchair sports she found herself in a community of athletes with equal qualifications. Kinghorn frequently visits schools and other events to promote disabled sports and inclusion and to motivate people with disabilities.
Athletic career
Kinghorn is a member of the Red Star Athletics Club, a disabled sports club in Glasgow , and is coached by Ian Mirfin . Because of her disability, she starts in competitions in class T53 . In October 2011, she met British athlete Tanni Gray-Thompson at a wheelchair sport event , whom Kinghorn has supported ever since. In April 2012, 16 months after her accident, she started the London Mini Marathon and finished second in the 3000 m distance in her first competition. In the same year she took part in numerous other competitions, improved the Scottish records over 100 and 200 meters and met the qualification standard for the Summer Paralympics 2012 in London. Kinghorn and their coaches refrained from being nominated.
In 2012 and 2013 Kinghorn took part in a large number of national competitions, but also in March 2013 in the annual Grand Prix of the International Paralympic Committee in Dubai , where she won a bronze medal over 100 m. In May she took part in the Swiss National Championships and the Daniela Jutzeler Memorial, but only achieved moderate placings. 2014 began for Kinghorn with a winning streak: In February she started in Dubai and a few days later at the Sharjah International Open over 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500 meters and won gold in all competitions. At the end of July she started at the Commonwealth Games 2014 over 1500 meters in the T54 class and came in fifth. Three weeks later she won the 100, 400 and 800 meter competitions at the IPC European Athletics Championships in Swansea.
Kinghorn took part in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and was fifth in the 100 m and sixth in the 800 m, improving her own European record over the 800 meters by four seconds. She was disqualified in the final of the 400 m race. At the World Athletics Championships for the disabled in London in 2017 , she won gold in the 100 and 200 m, bronze in the 400 m, and achieved fifth place in the 800 m. In 2018, the most important competition was the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast , Australia , in which she finished fourth in the 1,500 m and marathon distance. In 2018 and 2019, Kinghorn competed in comparatively few competitions, but achieved medal rank throughout the sprint distances. In November 2019 she won a bronze medal in the 100 m at the World Championships in Athletics for the Disabled in Dubai in 2019 .
Web links
- Samantha 'Sammi' Kinghorn , personal website
- Sammi Kinghorn. Wheelchair racer. Trans World Sport , about the first years of her career, 2018 (10:14)
- Interview after winning the bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships for the disabled in 2019 (English, 1:50)
- Samantha Kinghorn: Greatness Begins Behind the Scenes , commercial from a sponsor from Glasgow, footage of training and living environment, 2013 (3:01 am)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Girl 'stable' after being hit by ice on Borders farm. In: BBC . December 4, 2010, accessed February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c David Ferguson: Teenager Samantha Kinghorn and Mollie, her much-loved wheelchair, are aiming for Glasgow and Rio. In: The Scotsman . August 30, 2012, accessed February 7, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Richard Winton: Kinghorn and 'Mollie' ready to roll in London. In: The Herald . April 19, 2013, accessed February 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Snow crush girl Samantha Kinghorn holds Paralympic goal. In: BBC . May 10, 2012, accessed February 6, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Athlete Profile Samantha Kinghorn. In: thepowerof10.info. November 8, 2019, accessed February 7, 2020 .
- ↑ IPC European Championships: Gold again for Samantha Kinghorn and Maria Lyle. In: berwickshirenews.co.uk. August 22, 2014, accessed February 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Chris Osborne: World Para-athletics Championships: Britain's Sammi Kinghorn wins gold. In: BBC Sport . July 23, 2017, accessed February 7, 2020 .
- ^ Susan Swarbrick: Marathon goals on horizon for Samantha Kinghorn. In: The Herald . October 2, 2016, accessed February 7, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kinghorn, Samantha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kinghorn, Sammi (alternative name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1996 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scotland |