Libby Clegg

Libby Clegg
MBE
Libby Clegg at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full name Elizabeth Clegg
Nationality Scottish
Born (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990
Stockport, Greater Manchester England[1]
Website www.elizabethclegg.co.uk
Sport
Country  Great Britain
Sport Athletics
Disability class T11
Event(s) T11 100m
T11 200m
Club Charnwood
Coached by Keith Antoine[2]
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals 2008, 2012, 2016
Medal record
Women's paralympic athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing 100 m T12
2012 London 100 m T12
2016 Rio 100 m T11
2016 Rio 200 m T11
IPC World Championships
2011 Christchurch 100 m T12
2006 Assen 200 m T12
2013 Lyon 100 m T12
2013 Lyon 200 m T12
2011 Christchurch 200 m T12
World Games
2011 Antalya 200 m T12
2011 Antalya 100 m T12
World Cup
2009 Manchester 100 m T12
2010 Manchester 100 m T12
2011 Manchester 200 m T12
2012 Manchester 200 m T12
2009 Manchester 200 m T12
2011 Manchester 100 m T12
IPC European Championships
2012 Stadskanaal 100 m T12
2012 Stadskanaal 200 m T12
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow 100 m T12

Elizabeth Clegg, MBE (born 24 March 1990) is a Scottish Paralympic sprinter who has represented both Scotland and Great Britain at international events. She represented Great Britain in the T12 100m and 200m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[3] winning a silver medal in the T12 100m race.[4] She has also won Gold in Rio at the 2016 Paralympic Games in 100m T11 where she broke the world record and T11 200m, beating the previous Paralympic record in the process, thus making her a double Paralympic champion.

Career history

Clegg has a deteriorating eye condition known as Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy disease giving her only slight peripheral vision in her left eye – she is registered blind. Clegg runs with the aid of guide runner Chris Clarke.

She took up athletics aged 9, joining Macclesfield Harriers AC. She originally tried middle distance running and cross country before starting sprinting.[1]

In 2006, she competed at the IPC World Championships, winning a silver medal in the T12 200 metres.[2] This was followed by an appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal in the 100 metres.

In January 2011, she competed in the IPC World Championships. Whilst there she took a bronze in the 200m. Clegg is a Paralympic silver medallist and current World Champion in the T12 100m and 200m sprints. She was one of the major success stories from the 2011 IPC World Championships in New Zealand and IBSA World Championships in Turkey.

In June 2012, Clegg won the 100m and 200m at the IPC Athletics European Championships.[5]

Clegg won silver at the London Paralympics on 2 September 2012 in the T12 100m.[6] Clegg and guide Mikail Huggins broke the European record in the final.

In October 2012, Clegg won "Para Athlete of the Year" at the Scottish Athletics awards and was presented with her award by fellow GB Paralympian David Weir.[7] She won the award again in October 2013.[8]

In 2013, Clegg won double silver at the IPC World Championships in Lyon clocking 12.23 and 25.31 over 100m and 200m respectively. Clegg is sponsored by the property marketing business ESPC where she participated in work experience in 2008 during her time at The Royal Blind School.[9]

Her brother, James, also competed in the pool in the S12 category at London 2012.[10]

Clegg won the 2014 Commonwealth Games T11/T12 100m with a run of 12.20 seconds, a world-leading time for the year.[11] Due to illness, she was unable to defend her European titles in Swansea shortly after the Commonwealth games.

She split with guide runner Mikhail Huggins in 2015.[12] Her new guide runner is Chris Clarke.[13]

She was also made to pull out of the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships after just one race due to an ankle injury and this also meant that she lost funding from British Athletics.[14]

In 2016, she was reclassified as a T11 athlete due to her deteriorating eye condition, requiring her to wear a blindfold while racing.[15] Alongside guide Chris Clarke she won the T11 100m title and 200m title at the 2016 Paralympics.

Clegg was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to athletics and charity.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Libby Clegg | London 2012". British Paralympic Association. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Athletics, Cardiff Met. "Biography | Libby Clegg | Eyes Wide Shut, Running Blind". www.elizabethclegg.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. ↑ BBC Sport – GB Paralympic team for Beijing, 24 July 2008
  4. ↑ "Pistorius wins dramatic 100m gold". BBC Sport. 9 September 2008.
  5. ↑ "About Libby Clegg". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  6. ↑ Hart, Simon (2 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Libby Clegg makes it a family double as parents and boyfriend sprint between stadiums to see it". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Libby joy at landing Haven Para Athlete of Year". scottishathletics.org.uk. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  8. ↑ Child Crowned Athlete of the Year Scottishathletics. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Athletics, Cardiff Met. "Sponsors | Libby Clegg | Eyes Wide Shut, Running Blind". www.elizabethclegg.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  10. ↑ James Clegg. British Paralympic Association
  11. ↑ "Glasgow 2014: Libby Clegg strikes gold in T12 100m". BBC Sport. 28 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Libby Clegg splits with guide runner Mikail Huggins". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  13. ↑ Hudson, Elizabeth. "Libby Clegg: Paralympic sprinter targets Rio medal with new guide". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  14. ↑ "Libby Clegg: Sprinter loses UK Athletics funding for 2015–16". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "Rio 2016 Paralympics: Libby Clegg to wear blindfold following reclassification". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N16.
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