Dame Sarah Joanne Storey, DBE is a British Paralympic cyclist and former swimmer, she was born on 26 October 1977. She is a multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games in both sports, and six times British (able-bodied) national track champion (2 × Pursuit, 1 × Points, 3 × Team Pursuit). Her total of fifteen gold medals makes her the most successful female British Paralympian of all time. Today we will discuss about Sarah Storey: Disability| Age| Facts| 2020| Marriage.
Sarah Storey: Disability| Age| Facts| 2020| Marriage …
Storey was born Sarah Bailey in Manchester without a functioning left hand after her arm became entangled in the umbilical cord in the womb and the hand did not develop as normal.
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| Full name | Sarah Storey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 October 1977 Eccles, England |
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| Current team | Storey Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2011 | Horizon Fitness | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Escentual–For Viored | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Breast Cancer Care | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016 | Podium Ambition Pro Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Storey Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Disability
Storey was born with a left hand which did not fully develop after it became entangled with the umbilical cord in the womb. But the swimmer-turned-cyclist has competed against both disabled and able-bodied athletes at international sports championships over the last two decades.
Age
Sarah Storey is 43 years old, she was born on 26 October 1977. Storey began her Paralympic career as a swimmer, winning two golds, three silvers and a bronze in Barcelona in 1992. She continued swimming in the next three Paralympic Games before switching to cycling in 2005, reputedly because of a persisting ear infection.
Facts
Storey was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1998 New Year Honours. Following the Beijing Games, she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2012, she was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Manchester. Following the 2012 London Games, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours.
Storey was a nominee for the 2008 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year with a Disability and the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
2020
British cyclist Sarah Storey added to her glorious golden history as wheelchair rugby powerhouses Australia suffered a shock defeat on Day One of the delayed Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Wednesday.
Paige Greco, an Australian cyclist, had the honour of winning the first gold of the Games, 354 days later than originally envisaged because of the COVID-19 pandemic and a day after a high-energy but poignant Opening Ceremony.
Marriage
In 2007, she married tandem pilot and coach Barney Storey. Storey gave birth to a daughter on 30 June 2013. In April 2017, it was announced that Storey was expecting her second child.
She and her husband live in Disley, Cheshire
