Matthew Dimbylow
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Matthew Dimbylow is an English
footballer who currently plays in defence for the England CP National Team and the Great Britain Paralympic Football
team. On his debut for England he was made captain.
Dimbylow competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
as part of the 7-a-side football team for athletes with cerebral palsy
. The British team finished in seventh position in the event.
in September 2008, with his special focus on the charities Enable Sport Programme. As part of this, he will be looking to identify possible Paralympians of the future, and to provide them with the equipment to enable them to become future Paralympians. He has been joined as an ambassador by Lee Pearson
, the nine-times Paralympic gold medallist and the actress Elizabeth Hurley
.
He will shortly be launching a campaign to help the Paralympians raise vital funding for 2012 - Be Kind To. He hope that the nation will get behind the project and support him and the other athletes as they strive to compete at London 2012.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
footballer who currently plays in defence for the England CP National Team and the Great Britain Paralympic Football
Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
7-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 8 to September 16. One event was contested, a men's team competition.-Classfication:...
team. On his debut for England he was made captain.
Dimbylow competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Great Britain competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Great Britain sent a delegation of around 400, of which 212 were athletes, to compete in eighteen sports at the Games...
as part of the 7-a-side football team for athletes with cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
. The British team finished in seventh position in the event.
Charity work
Dimbylow was asked to be an Ambassador for the charity Caudwell Children on his return from the Beijing Paralympics2008 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....
in September 2008, with his special focus on the charities Enable Sport Programme. As part of this, he will be looking to identify possible Paralympians of the future, and to provide them with the equipment to enable them to become future Paralympians. He has been joined as an ambassador by Lee Pearson
Lee Pearson
David Lee Pearson, CBE is a nine-times paralympic games gold medallist having represented British para-equestrianism in Sydney, Athens and Beijing. He also has six world-championship and three European titles...
, the nine-times Paralympic gold medallist and the actress Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Jane Hurley is an English model and actress who became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s. In 1994, as Grant became the focus of worldwide media attention due to the global box office success of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hurley accompanied him to the film's Los...
.
He will shortly be launching a campaign to help the Paralympians raise vital funding for 2012 - Be Kind To. He hope that the nation will get behind the project and support him and the other athletes as they strive to compete at London 2012.