Hope Gordon

Hope Gordon won a silver medal for ParalympicsGB behind team-mate Charlotte Henshaw in the Women’s Va’a Single 200m VL3 race. Hope was competing at her first summer Paralympic Games in Paris, having competed in Nordic Skiing at the winter Games in Beijing 2022.

After winning three silver medals from across the 2021 and 2022 World Championships, para canoeist Hope Gordon reached the top of the global standings in 2023.

The Scottish athlete won her first world title in the VL3 event in Duisburg, qualifying the British boat quota spot for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, where the event makes its debut.

Gordon’s 2024 season started with double silver at the 2024 World Championships in Szeged, her KL3 medal a first for the Scot since 2021.

Gordon moved to paracanoeing from swimming in 2018 and made her international debut in her new sport in 2019.

In 2022, she demonstrated the wide range of her talent by competing at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games.

She became ParalympicsGB’s first ever female Para Nordic skier, having been introduced to the sport by a friend late in 2021 after the conclusion of her paracanoe season.

Later that year, back in paracanoeing, she had a tight battle with British teammate Charlotte Henshaw at the multi-sport European Championships in Munich, claiming VL3 silver. She also won a further bronze in the KL3.

Outside of the sport, Gordon spends a lot of time with her dog Storm, and also knows how to play the bagpipes.