Julie Ming-Jue Rogers (born 2 November 1998) was one of the youngest participants in the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

representing Great Britain in the

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team. In the buildup to the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

Rogers switched sports to track and field athletics, competing as a T42 classification sprinter.

Sports career

When Rogers participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympics she was still a student at Bedford Modern School and some 26 years junior to her fellow team member,

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. Since her participation in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Rogers has changed her attention to athletics where she has become one of the fastest female Paralympic sprinters in the UK. In 2014, Rogers' fastest time as a sprinter was 5th in the world rankings for that year.

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Julie Rogers
at Welsh Athletics * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Julie 1998 births Living people British sitting volleyball players Women's sitting volleyball players British female sprinters British people of Chinese descent Paralympic volleyball players for Great Britain Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games People educated at Bedford Modern School Sportspeople from Bedford