Thomas Young

Reason: "When I started working with a new coach he pointed out to me that neurofibromatosis type 1 can be a pathway into Para sport. I've always had a passion for sport and given it my best but the running was always different. My high school teacher then suggested that athletics was the way and we then found the local athletics club in Loughborough [in England]." (dailystar.co.uk, 22 Sep 2022) Ambition: To compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (Facebook profile, 18 May 2024) Awards: He was named Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire [MBE] in the 2022 New Year Honours list. (dailystar.co.uk, 22 Sep 2022) He was named the 2018 and 2019 Male Para Athlete of the Year by the British Athletics Writers' Association [BAWA]. (athleticsweekly.com, 22 Nov 2019; britishathletics.org.uk, 23 Nov 2018)