Ed Fuller

Ed was diagnosed with haemophilia, which affects the blood’s ability to clot, as a child. Bleeds into his ankle joints when he was aged nine and 11 meant that he had to use a wheelchair for a time to keep the pressure off his feet and although he tried hockey, swimming and cycling, it was rowing, which he had seen at the London 2012 Olympics, which proved the perfect fit.

Alongside his sporting successes, he has had to learn to manage his condition, which requires him to inject medication into his arms every other day. It took him about 18 months to get it right, as he was terrified of needles and he kept missing the vein, but now it has become second nature to him.

From the early beginnings of trying out a rowing machine at an after-school club to going out on the water with Exeter Rowing Club, Ed found a sport which he could excel at and enjoyed victories at the prestigious National Schools’ Regatta before joining the Para Rowing programme in 2022. Ed now has three World Championship medals (two in the

PR3 Mixed Four and one in the PR3 Pair) and will be one of the Mixed Four for ParalympicsGB in Paris.