Julie Rogers (Paralympian) Explained

Julie Rogers
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Birth Name:Julie Ming-Jue Rogers
Citizenship:British
Birth Date:2 November 1998
Birth Place:Bedford, Bedfordshire, Great Britain
Sport:Sitting volleyball, Athletics
Disability:Limb deficiency
Disability Class:T42
Club:Bedford and County Athletics Club
Coach:Paula Dunn (national)
Allen Adamson (personal)

Julie Ming-Jue Rogers (born 2 November 1998) was one of the youngest participants in the 2012 Summer Paralympics representing Great Britain in the sitting volleyball team.[1] [2] [3] In the buildup to the 2016 Summer Paralympics Rogers switched sports to track and field athletics, competing as a T42 classification sprinter.

Sports career

When Rogers participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympics she was still a student at Bedford Modern School[4] and some 26 years junior to her fellow team member, Martine Wright. Since her participation in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Rogers has changed her attention to athletics where she has become one of the fastest female Paralympic sprinters in the UK. In 2014, Rogers' fastest time as a sprinter was 5th in the world rankings for that year.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Julie Rogers: Young and talented but with plenty of life experience already . Matthew . Nash . . . 5 September 2012 . 7 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Julie Rogers . paralympics.org.uk . . 7 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150108000610/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/julie-rogers . 8 January 2015 . dead.
  3. Web site: Julie Rogers . thepowerof10.info . . 7 January 2015.
  4. Web site: Paralympics call-up for Rogers . bedfordtoday.co.uk . 7 January 2015 . 8 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150108010231/http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/sport/paralympics-call-up-for-rogers-1-3993942 . dead .
  5. Web site: Julie Rogers 3S80 Ottobock . pacerehab.com . Pace Rehabilitation Limited . 7 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150107231344/http://www.pacerehab.com/julie-rogers-3S80-ottobock . 7 January 2015.