Jule Ross

Started: She took up athletics at age eight. She got involved in Para athletics in 2022. (ksta.de, 01 Jul 2023) Reason: "I started athletics at Oberodenthaler SC when I was eight. Then I played tennis for a while at THC Rot-Weiss Bergisch Gladbach. But I returned to athletics, joining TV Herkenrath in 2016. I have found great joy in Para sports. I gradually realised how much I missed athletics [in school]. And made a second attempt, this time in Para sport." Para sport has also helped her become more confident. "Before, I had never had contact with other people with disabilities. I always thought I was the only one and sometimes had this 'why me?' feeling. In Leverkusen [her club] I found friends who sometimes have the same thing as me." (dbs-npc.de, 13 Aug 2024; ksta.de, 01 Jul 2023) Ambition: To reach a final at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris with a focus on the T46 400m event. Outside sport she would like to study teaching at university. (dbs-npc.de, 13 Aug 2024)