Athlete: Racheal Morris
From: Pembrokeshire
Rachel Morris, 28, is set to be one of the riders lining up at London’s Velopark in 2012. Morris, who hails from Pembrokeshire, is a hand cyclist and has been fast tracked by the GB team as a potential 2012 competitor.
The GB team spotted her skills her in 2006 and she has since competed on the European Circuit and in Canada. Rachel is a double above the knee amputee. This means she has to sit back in her cycle rather than forward as most cyclists would.
Disability Sport Wales Performance Manager Anthony Hughes explains, Rachel likes to attack the track at extreme speed, especially over flat and smooth tracks. Her main focus is to make the Paralympic Games in Beijing having rapidly risen in the world ranking over the last 12 months. Davies was introduced to cycling after hearing of the opportunities available in Wales for new riders which had been created by Disability Sport Wales and coach Neil Smith.
