Lucy Shuker

Lucy is London 2012 and Rio 2016 women’s doubles bronze medallist, Tokyo 2020 women’s doubles silver medallist, 2023 European Para Championships women’s singles bronze medallist and women’s doubles silver medallist, five-time Wimbledon doubles finalist, four-time Australian Open doubles finalist.

She was chosen by her fellow athletes to be a flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and competed in the singles and doubles at Roland-Garros

A former Hampshire County badminton player, Lucy met Britain’s former Paralympic quad singles champion Peter Norfolk while in rehab at Salisbury Spinal Unit and Norfolk introduced her to wheelchair tennis and loaned her a tennis chair. Shuker played in her first National championship in 2002 and won her first international women’s singles title in 2004, with her first international doubles title coming in 2005.

Lucy made her Paralympic Games debut at Beijing 2008 and four years later at London 2012 she made history alongside Jordanne Whiley when they won the women’s doubles bronze medal to become the first female wheelchair tennis medallists for Paralympics GB.

After another women’s doubles bronze medal at Rio 2016, Shuker and the now-retired Whiley made history again at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, becoming the first female wheelchair tennis silver medallists for ParalympicsGB.

After completing her 20th year on Tour in 2022 Shuker was honoured with a British Empire Medal in the King’s Birthday Honours List for Services to Sport. Shuker won her latest medals in a Great Britain vest when earning the women’s singles bronze medal and women’s doubles silver medal at the 2023 European Para Championships in Rotterdam.