Libby Clegg, born March 24, 1990 in Bollington

Bollington

Bollington is a small rural town and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, , England, in the unitary authority of Cheshire East. It is located east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield., and the ancient parish of Prestbury...

, Cheshire, is a professional disability runner from Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. She represented Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 in the T12 100 m and 200 m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....

, winning a silver medal in the T12 100 m race.

In January 2011 she completed in the IPC World Athletic Championships. Whilst there she took a bronze in the 200m with a time of 26.75 losing out to a vastly more experienced El Hannouni with a winning time of 25.83.

A few days later after breezing through qualifying, she took gold with a time of 12.73

The IPC is the last major event before the 2012 Paralympic games held in London.