The Commission
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Nathan Stephens b.1988
One of only two UK athletes to compete at both winter and summer Paralympic Games, Nathan Stephens was a member of Team GB’s ice sledge hockey team in Turin 2006 and competed as a thrower in Beijing 2008.
Despite losing both legs at the age of nine, when playing on railway tracks, he continued with sport. His talent was recognised and he went on to win gold medals for the javelin, discus and shot put at junior and senior national level. He won a gold medal in javelin at the IPC World Athletics Championships in 2011, which was the next step towards his ambition to be the UK’s greatest Paralympian thrower.
‘When I lost my legs, it was “right, what can we all still do together?” Still played football, rugby with my friends, sitting on the floor as goalkeeper, scooting myself around with a rugby ball in my hands.’ Nathan Stephens
