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Dame Sarah Joanne Storey, (née Bailey; born 26 October 1977) is a British
Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
athlete in cycling and swimming, and a multiple gold medalist in the
Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
, and six times British (able-bodied) national track champion (2 × Pursuit, 1 × Points, 3 × Team Pursuit). Her total of 28 Paralympic medals including 17 gold medals makes her the most successful (by gold medals) and most decorated (by total medals) British Paralympian of all time as well as one of the most decorated Paralympic athletes of all time. She has the unique distinction of winning five gold medals in
Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...
before turning 19. Storey's major achievements include being a 29-time World champion (6 in swimming and 23 in cycling), a 21-time European champion (18 in swimming and 3 in cycling) and holding 75 world records. She is regarded as one of the most experienced campaigners in the history of the Paralympics as she took part at the Paralympics on eight occasions in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020. She is a current para world record holder in women's 3000m individual pursuit and hour record. On 2 September 2021, she surpassed Mike Kenny's 16 Paralympic gold medal record to become Great Britain's most successful Paralympic athlete of all time after securing her 17th Paralympic gold medal when she won the women’s road race C4-5 event.


Early life

Storey was born Sarah Bailey in
Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
without a functioning left hand after her arm became entangled in the
umbilical cord In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, birth cord or ''funiculus umbilicalis'') is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta. During prenatal development, the umbilical cord is physiologic ...
in the womb and the hand did not develop as normal. As a schoolgirl, she was subjected to bullying by her school mates and also faced eating disorder issues at school. She joined her first swimming club at the age of ten and was told by her coach that she had started her training too late to be good at anything.


Swimming at the Paralympic Games

Storey began her Paralympic career as a swimmer,"Sarah Storey Pursuing More Paralympic Glory in Beijing"
12 March 2008 winning two golds, three silvers and a bronze in Barcelona in 1992. She made her maiden appearance at the Paralympics in 1992 at the age of 14. She continued swimming in the next three Paralympic Games before switching to cycling in 2005, reputedly because of a persisting ear infection. It was revealed that she ended up with chronic fatigue syndrome before her 19th birthday. She retained her Paralympic gold medals in women's 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley events at the
1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ...
. Despite the ear infection triggered by chronic fatigue syndrome, she continued to participate in swimming and claimed four silver medals and a solitary bronze in the next two Paralympic Games in 2000 and 2004 before quitting the sport.


Cycling

At the 2008 Paralympic Games, her fifth, Storey won the individual pursuit – in a time that would have been in the top eight at the Olympic final – and the road Storey also competes against non-disabled athletes and won the 3 km national track pursuit championship in 2008, eight days after taking the Paralympic title, and successfully defended her title in 2009. In 2014, she added a third national track title with a win in the points race. Storey qualified to join the England team for the
2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...
in
Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
, where she was "the first disabled cyclist to compete for England at the Commonwealth Games", against non-disabled cyclists. She was also the second Paralympic athlete overall competing for England at the Games, following archer
Danielle Brown Danielle Brown MBE (born 10 April 1988) is a British competitive archer and award winning children's author. She has competed in the Paralympic Games winning gold medals in Beijing and London and has also won medals shooting in the able bodi ...
earlier in Delhi. In 2011, Storey competed for one of the three places in the GB squad for the women's team pursuit at the 2012 Olympic Games. Although she was in the winning team for the World Cup event in Cali, Colombia in December 2011, she was informed afterwards that she was being dropped from the team pursuit squad. London's 2012 Paralympics Games saw Storey win Britain's first gold medal, in the women's individual C5 pursuit. She went on to win three more gold medals, one in the Time Trial C4–5 500m, one in the Individual Road Time Trial C5 and finally one in the Individual Road Race C4–5. In 2014, Storey and her husband
Barney Storey Richard Barnaby "Barney" Storey MBE (born 13 March 1977) is a British cyclist. He rides as a sighted pilot for blind or partially sighted athletes in tandem track cycling events. He competed at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games and won ...
founded the Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International women's amateur cycling team, supporting the charity Boot Out Breast Cancer. The team fielded squads in the 2014 and 2015 British road race seasons. Storey attempted to break the world
hour record The hour record is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle from a stationary start. Cyclists attempt this record alone on the track without other competitors present. It is considered one of the most prestigious re ...
at the
Lee Valley VeloPark Lee Valley VeloPark is a cycling centre on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England. It is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, and it was opened to the public in March 2014. The facility was one of the pe ...
in London on 28 February 2015. She set a distance of 45.502 km, which was 563m short of
Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella Zijlaard-van Moorsel (born 22 March 1970) is a Dutch retired racing cyclist. She was a dominant cyclist in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning four gold medals at the Olympic Games and holding the hour record f ...
's 2003 overall world record – however Storey's distance did set a new world record in the C5 Paralympic cycling class as well as a new British record. In the Rio 2016 Paralympics Storey became Britain's most successful female Paralympian when she won the C5 3000m individual pursuit final. She became the first athlete to win the gold medal for
Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Great Britain competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place between 21 August and 6 September 2020, the Games were postponed to 24 August to 5 September 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
when she defended her Paralympic title in the women's individual pursuit C5 event. It was also her fifth Paralympic gold medal in track cycling and her tenth Paralympic gold medal in women's cycling. It was also her record 15th gold medal in her Paralympic career. During the qualifying heat event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she also incredibly shattered her own world record by four seconds in the individual pursuit C5 category.


Personal life

Storey married tandem pilot and coach
Barney Storey Richard Barnaby "Barney" Storey MBE (born 13 March 1977) is a British cyclist. He rides as a sighted pilot for blind or partially sighted athletes in tandem track cycling events. He competed at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games and won ...
in 2007. She gave birth to a daughter on 30 June 2013 and a son on 14 October 2017. She and her husband live in
Disley Disley is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is located on the edge of the Peak District in the Goyt valley, south of Stockport and close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills. The population at the 2011 Census ...
, Cheshire. In April 2019, Storey was appointed Active Travel Commissioner for the Sheffield City Region.


Honours

Storey was appointed
Member of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(MBE) in the
1998 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1998 for the United Kingdom, Barbados, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Christopher and Nevis were announced on 30 December 1997, ...
"for services to Swimming for People with Disabilities". Following the Beijing Games, she was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(OBE) in the
2009 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 2009 were announced on 31 December 2008 in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Christopher and Nevis,Saint Christopher. to ...
"for services to Disabled Sport." In 2012, she was awarded an honorary degree by the
University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...
. Following the 2012 London Games, she was appointed
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(DBE) in the
2013 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 2013 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms, various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Hon ...
"for services to para-cycling". 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 The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December. Devised by Paul Fox in 1954, it originally consisted of just one, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Several new awards have been i ...
. She won
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Disability Sportswoman of the Year in 2020, her win being officially announced in an online ceremony.


Major results

;1992 :
Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
::1st 100 m Backstroke ::1st 200 m Individual Medley ::2nd 400 m Freestyle ::2nd 4x100 m Freestyle ::2nd 4x100 m Medley ::3rd 100 m Freestyle ;1994 :
World Para Swimming Championships The World Para Swimming Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Swimming World Championships, are the world championships for swimming where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Paralympic C ...
::1st 200 m Individual Medley ::1st 100 m Breaststroke ::2nd 100 m Backstroke ::2nd 400 m Freestyle ::3rd 4x100 m Medley ;1996 :
Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
::1st 100 m Breaststroke ::1st 100 m Backstroke ::1st 200 m Individual Medley ::2nd 400 m Freestyle ::3rd 100 m Freestyle ;1998 :
World Para Swimming Championships The World Para Swimming Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Swimming World Championships, are the world championships for swimming where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Paralympic C ...
::2nd 100 m Backstroke ::2nd 4x100 m Medley ::3rd 400 m Freestyle ::3rd 200 m Individual Medley ::3rd 100 m Breaststroke ::3rd 4x100 m Freestyle ;2000 :
Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
::2nd 100 m Backstroke ::2nd 4x100 m Medley ;2002 :
World Para Swimming Championships The World Para Swimming Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Swimming World Championships, are the world championships for swimming where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Paralympic C ...
::1st 100 m Freestyle ::1st 400 m Freestyle ::1st 200 m Individual Medley ::2nd 100 m Backstroke ::3rd 50 m Freestyle ;2004 :
Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
::2nd 100 m Breaststroke ::2nd 200 m Individual Medley ::3rd 100 m Freestyle ;2005 : European Para-cycling Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st 500m Time Trial ::2nd Time Trial : European Open Para-cycling Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Individual Pursuit ::2nd 500m Time Trial ::3rd Time Trial :National Track Championships ::7th Individual Pursuit ;2006 : UCI Track Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit ::3rd 500m Time Trial :National Track Championships ::1st Para-cycling Individual Pursuit ::3rd Individual Pursuit ::7th 500m Time Trial :
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships The UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships are the world championships for road cycling where athletes with a physical disability compete, organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The Championships were earlier administered by the ...
::2nd Road Race ::2nd Time Trial ;2007 :
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships The UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships are the world championships for road cycling where athletes with a physical disability compete, organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The Championships were earlier administered by the ...
::1st Individual Pursuit ::3rd 500m Time Trial :National Road Championships ::1st Para-cycling Road Race :National Track Championships ::1st Para-cycling Individual Pursuit ::7th 500m Time Trial :UCI Paralympic World Cup ::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st 500m Time Trial ;2008 :
Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
::1st Time Trial ::1st Individual Pursuit :National Track Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit :UCI Paralympic World Cup ::1st Individual Pursuit ::3rd 500m Time Trial ;2009 : UCI Track Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st 500m Time Trial : UCI Road Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Time Trial : UCI Masters Road Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Time Trial ::2nd Road Race :National Track Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit :UCI Paralympic World Cup ::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st 500m Time Trial ;2010 : UCI Road Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Time Trial :National Track Championships ::1st Team Pursuit ::2nd Individual Pursuit ::6th
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
, Individual Pursuit :1st Overall 2 Days of Bedford International Stage Race ::1st Stages 1 & 2 :9th National Road Championships, Road Race ;2011 : UCI Track Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st 500m Time Trial : UCI Road Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Time Trial :National Track Championships ::1st Team Pursuit ::4th Individual Pursuit :1st Overall 2 Days of Bedford International Stage Race ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 :UCI Track Cycling World Cup–Manchester ::1st Team Pursuit :Sydney Road World Cup ::1st Road Race ::1st Time Trial :1st Blenheim Palace Time Trial Event :3rd National Road Championships, Time Trial ;2012 :
Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st 500m Time Trial ::1st Time Trial ::1st Road Race :2012 UCI Track Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st Time Trial ::2nd Team Sprint :UCI Track Cycling World Cup–Cali ::1st Team Pursuit :1st Overall Essex Giro Stage Race :1st Blenheim Palace Time Trial :1st Curlew Cup Road Race :1st Caperwry Road Race :1st Cheshire Classic Road Race :9th Overall
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;2014 :2014 UCI Track Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st Scratch Race ::3rd 500m Time Trial :2014 UCI Road Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Time Trial :National Track Championships ::1st Points Race ::2nd Team Pursuit :1st Overall Essex Giro Stage Race :1st Cheshire Classic Road Race :1st Stage 2 Tour de Bretagne Feminine :3rd National Road Championships, Time Trial ;2015 :2015 UCI Track Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit ::2nd 500m Time Trial :2015 UCI Road Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Time Trial :National Track Championships ::1st Team Pursuit :1st Cheshire Classic Road Race :1st Overall National Time Trial Series :3rd National Road Championships, Time Trial :3rd Points Race, Revolution – Round 4, Glasgow ;2016 :
Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st Time Trial ::1st Road Race :2016 UCI Track Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit ::2nd 500m Time Trial ::2nd Scratch Race :3rd National Road Championships, Time Trial ;2017 :National Track Championships ::3rd Team Pursuit ;2019 :2019 UCI Track Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit ;2020 :2019 UCI Track Para-cycling World Championships ::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st Scratch Race ::1st Omnium ;2020 :
Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
::1st Individual Pursuit ::1st Time Trial ::1st Road Race


World records


See also

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List of multiple Paralympic gold medalists This is a list of multiple Paralympic gold medalists, listing people who have won ten or more gold medals at the Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of in ...
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List of multiple Paralympic gold medalists at a single Games List of most gold medals won at a single Paralympic Games This is a list of gold medallists with four or more gold medals won in a single Paralympic Games, or the gold medallist with the highest number of gold medals won at a Paralympic Games, inc ...


References


External links


Barney and Sarah Storey personal website
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