David roberts swimmer biography templates
Early life
Retirement as a paralympic athlete.
13 Questions: David Roberts
Describing himself as a “small town bloke” from the Welsh valleys, David Roberts is actually right up there with the best of Great Britain’s Paralympians.
Winning four gold medals in Beijing not only got him the job of carrying the GB flag at the closing ceremony, but also equalled Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson’s record of 11 Paralympic golds. David’s love of swimming began after he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of eleven, and he’s barely left the pool since.
Fortunately, we managed to coax him out of the water long enough to answer our questions ...
Uppermost in my mind today is ...
Anti-Bullying Week, which starts on 17th November. It’s a massive honour to have been asked to be a part of it, as it’s something I believe in passionately.
David roberts swimmer biography templates
I was bullied at school and I don’t want others to go through what I did. My disability was the main reason for my physical and verbal bullying, because I walked like a penguin. I didn’t feel