4x Paralympian. World Cup Winner. 30x World Cup Medallist. 2024 European Silver Medallist. @BBCSport Journalist. Wheelchair Fencing Athlete Council Chair.
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Joined May 2011
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WORLD CUP ÉPÉE GOLD🥇 in Italy, to officially become the WORLD NO 1️⃣! 🤯 What a day! They say it takes a village, but it’s more like a city!!! HUGE THANKYOU to my team - without you none of it would be possible. 🫶 – at Pisa, Tuscany
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Are you ready to take your fundraising to the next level? 🌟 Our Incubator Push is taking off on the 7th of June at Crystal Palace in #London 🚀
Create a team to raise funds for your local neonatal unit.
Secure your spot for £14 today:
🔗 register.enthuse.com/ps/even… ✨
So proud and privileged to have joined @IcklePickles Children’s Charity as an Ambassador. The work they do to give sick and premature babies the best possible start is absolutely invaluable, and I cannot wait to get started working with them to raise awareness and vital funds! 💙
#BreakingNews British #Paralympic wheelchair fencer and triple World Cup winner @GemmaCollis shares story of premature birth and joins Ickle Pickles as Ambassador: pressat.co.uk/releases/briti…
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@myldn
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A big congratulations to Gemma Collis, who claimed the Women’s Epee A title at the Para Fencing World Cup in São Paulo! This marks Gemma’s third individual World Cup gold. 🏆
📸 @parafencing
#GBRFencing #CallitAttitude
ALT A wheelchair fencer in a navy tracksuit holding up a gold medal smiles to the camera. She is in front of a São Paulo World Cup banner.
ALT A podium photo with four wheelchair fencers, each holding up a medal. L-R: Linor Kelman (ISR), Gemma, Zsuzsanna Krajnyak (HUN), Rayssa Veras (BRA).
ALT A photo of a medal presentation. A person in formalwear walks towards Gemma Collis, holding a medal. Gemma is waving her hands in the air. A wheelchair fencer from Israel claps next to her. A São Paulo World Cup banner and other people are in the background.
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Calling all athletes - Find the right support when you need it. Our Athlete Requests feature helps you get a tailored support to your needs. Let our practitioners respond with their offer
theathletenow.com/submit-req…
#madewithathletesinmind #sports #sportsdirectory #athletenow
ALT Graphic featuring a teal background with the Athlete Now logo at the top. The text ‘Athlete Requests’ is prominently displayed in bold white font, and theathletenow.com is written at the bottom.
ALT Graphic with a beige background. At the top, the question ‘What is the Athlete Requests feature?’ is displayed in black text. Below, the text reads, ‘The Athlete Requests feature gives our athletes the ability to find the right provision to suit them!’ in bold teal font, with theathletenow.com written at the bottom in smaller teal font
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Have you ever considered how a blind person uses an advent calendar? 🚨Spoiler alert, we can’t.
In the UK, 2 million people live with sight loss, with 360,000 being blind. So, why don’t brands add tactile features on advent calendars to make them accessible?
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Paralympic wheelchair fencer, Gemma Collis, told 5 Live about her love for the film Cool Runnings. 😍
Gemma showed Rick the model bobsleigh her dad made for her crochet mascots, ahead of the Paralympics in Paris.
Listen to #5LiveBreakfast on BBC Sounds 🎙️
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🏴🇫🇷 BONNE CHANCE EN FRANCE 🇫🇷🏴
2️⃣1️⃣ Welsh athletes take centre stage!
Watch exclusive interviews, read about their careers so far, and follow their performances on our Paris 2024 microsite. #Paris2024 #ParalympicsGB
paris2024.disabilitysportwal…
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A fantastic guide to the Welsh athletes competing at the #Paralympics2024 #Paris2024 @ParalympicsGB @dsw_news @sportwales @WGCulture @WelshSportAssoc
Pob Lwc!!
paris2024.disabilitysportwal…
What an athlete, and what a message. 👏 @kim_woods_95 you are AMAZING! 🥉
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More tears. What a final Games for Tom, and a first Olympic medal for Noah. Just brilliant. 🥹
Exceptional! 🤩
Tom Daley and Noah Williams secure a stunning silver in an epic men's synchronised 10m platform final. 👏
#Paris2024
ALT Silver medal graphic with photo of Tom Daley and Noah Williams walking out to compete waving to the crowd.
God I love the Games. Not even 11am and I am tearing up for our incredible diving duo. 🥹 INCREDIBLE. 👏🥉
HERE WE GO!
Our FIRST medal of #Paris2024! 🥉
ALT Bronze medal graphic featuring Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen.
So proud to work for @bbc5live Breakfast. It wasn’t an opportunity I expected to get when the pandemic hit, but I am so glad I did. It’s a privilege to work with such an incredible and supportive team of people who care deeply about the content we put on air every single day. 🫶
It’s our 30th birthday! 🥳
To celebrate, we got some of our current lineup to react to our first ever broadcast in 1994 🎁🎉
#5LiveAt30
🥈 EUROPEAN SILVER MEDALLIST! 🥹 Beyond happy to have won my first ever major champs medal, but also a little gutted to miss out on the title by a hit. HUGE THANKS to my entire team, who got me from barely being able to move due to a hip injury, to the podium..in four weeks! 🫶
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We're pleased to be taking part in @ParalympicsGB's Discover Your Paralympic Potential Days for athletes with a physical impairment. Come and give #WheelchairFencing a go, and potentially find your pathway to competing at the Paralympics.
Learn more here: ow.ly/5YKl50QxUPN
This is incredible! 👏 And goes to show that there should be no barriers to sports journalism for those of us with disabilities. All it takes to make the industry accessible is the right support, infrastructure & companies who see the benefit of being inclusive in their hiring!
RECAP: @joeskinner13 made history by producing the first ever speech-to-text sports report at @BurnleyOfficial for @thetimes
Watch our video below to see how it was done in partnership with the club & @NewsUK
We are proud of Joe & all involved!
youtube.com/watch?v=4oAbMRAg…
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Gemma Collis picks up 🥉 BRONZE in the Women's Epee Cat A on the third day of the IWAS #WheelchairFencing World Cup in Busan! 👏
📸 @WheelchairFence
#GBRFencing #RoadToParis2024
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Why is it always almost only women that have to speak out? I know men's players and coaches potentially could get scrutinized for standing up, but so do women. Take a stand and help build a better society. You have the security around you to do so, women don't. Use your platform.
Really grateful to @loraturnham for taking the time to speak to us so openly about her experiences of returning to cycling after having a baby - and fresh off the back of a 'bittersweet' World Championships where she won silver just nine months after giving birth. 👏
"I want to feel I can still be part of the team and a mum."
Paralympic champion Lora Fachie says she’s had a lack of support from British Cycling since having a baby.
The governing body confirmed it has referred itself to Sporting Integrity.
📱Listen back @BBCSounds
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🇬🇧 Amelia Strickler, Lina Nielsen, Josh Zeller and others are furious and frustrated that UK Athletics has not picked them for the World Champs in Budapest despite them having a World Athletics rankings qualification.
There’s even been talk of legal action.
🧵A thread →
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Absolutely delighted to have had the pleasure of being joined by the talented and fab guest who was @GemmaCollis. Join in tonight to hear all about her amazing career and some of her ‘interesting’ 😉 choices of motivational music #SNG – at Braunstone, England
*new show alert*
We are absolutely buzzing to announce details of our latest episode airing tonight at 8pm @InYourEarsMusic Mixcloud.
As well as talking gigs we were honoured to be joined by 3 time Paralympian @GemmaCollis for a fantastic chat about her career and music #SNG
