British sailing’s golden girl, Helena Lucas made history claiming 2.4mR Paralympic gold at London 2012.
Helena became the first ever female winner of the male dominated Paralympic class and Britain’s first ever Paralympic sailing gold medalist.
Helena, who was born with no thumbs and limited extension in her arms, is in the unusual position of having done both Olympic and Paralympic campaigns.
Having sailed 470s since 1997 she moved into the Paralympic 2.4mR in 2003 before making her Paralympic Games debut at Beijing 2008.
She finished a disappointing 7th, however Helena used this set back to drive her on and with her determination and commitment to succeed, 4 years later stood on top of the podium in London with a Gold medal.
Having achieved her dream, Helena was not quite ready to retire and wanted to try and defend her title in Rio, something that had not been achieved in Paralympic sailing.
After a hard fought week and still leading going into the last race she unfortunately slipped to Bronze.
Helena Lucas is a huge inspiration and a fantastic asset for the sport of sailing. She’s great fun and lights up any room she walks into!
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