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Scott Meenagh
Scott Meenagh (born 16 September 1989) is a British Paralympic Nordic skiing, para Nordic skier and former British Army soldier. Meenagh came second the 12.5km individual biathlon event at the 2023 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, and competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, 2018 and 2022 Winter Paralympics. Early life and Army career Meenagh is from Cumbernauld, Scotland. He played rugby union for Scotland under-18s. Meeangh served in the British Army Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom), Parachute Regiment, and was deployed to Afghanistan. In 2011, he lost both of his legs after stepping on an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province. He was rehabilitated at Headley Court, and now uses prosthetic limbs. Meenagh was a spectator of the Paralympic Nordic skiing events at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. Sports career Meenagh competed in Rowing (sport), rowing, and was a captain of the British Army team at the 2014 Invictus Games. He failed to qualify f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld (; gd, Comar nan Allt, meeting of the streams) is a large town in the historic county of Dunbartonshire and council area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the tenth most-populous locality in Scotland and the most populated town in North Lanarkshire, positioned in the centre of Scotland's Central Belt. Geographically, Cumbernauld sits between east and west, being on the Scottish watershed between the Forth and the Clyde; however, it is culturally more weighted towards Glasgow and the New Town's planners aimed to fill 80% of its houses from Scotland's largest city to reduce housing pressure there. Traces of Roman occupation are still visible, for example at Westerwood and, less conspicuously, north of the M80 where the legionaries surfaced the Via Flavii, later called the "Auld Cley Road". This is acknowledged in Cumbernauld Community Park, also site of Scotland's only visible open-air Roman altar, in the shadow of the imposing Carrickstone Water Tower. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
