Sophie Carrigill

Wheelchair Basketball

Region

Wakefield
Date of Birth

19/01/1994
Classification

1.0

Bio

A bronze medallist on her major debut at the 2013 European Championships (Germany), the following year saw Sophie receive the honour of being named the GB Women’s Captain for the 2014 World Championships in Canada.

Sophie co-captained the GB women’s team at Rio 2016 to their best ever Paralympics position of fourth. In the same year, Sophie graduated from the University of Worcester having achieved a first class honours degree in Sports Psychology.

The Wakefield athlete had a meteoric rise in the sport following a car accident while on a family holiday in America in the summer of 2010, resulting in multiple organ damage and paralysis from a T6 spinal injury.

Sophie was an Olympic torchbearer in 2012 and was instantly inspired to become a Paralympian. After successively leading Yorkshire to a regional final, where she won silver - her determined attitude earned her a place on the GB Women’s training squad.

Making history in 2018, Sophie and the GB Women’s team set the courts of Hamburg on fire at the World Championships as the squad qualified for a place in the final and brought home the silver medal.

She was part of the team that reached the Quarter-Finals at Paris 2024 losing to Team USA 59-52.

She most recently plays her club basketball in Italy and is very active on social media showcasing her passion for travel and disability advocacy.

Major Results

2019 World Championships

Silver

2015 European Championships, Worcester, UK

Bronze

2013 European Championships, Frankfurt, Germany

Bronze

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