Nick Beighton

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Nick Beighton
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Nick Beighton competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
Personal information
Full nameNicholas Beighton
Born (1981-09-29) 29 September 1981 (age 41)
Stockport, England
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
Sport Paracanoe, Rowing
Disability class KL2 (paracanoe)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Men's paracanoe
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro KL2 [1]
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Duisburg KL2
Men's rowing
World Rowing Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Munich Adaptive mixed double scull [2]

Nicholas Beighton (born 29 September 1981) is a British paracanoeist and former British Army officer. Beighton took up rowing as part of the rehabilitation programme after losing his legs during active service. He competed in the mixed scull with partner Samantha Scowen at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. He subsequently switched to the paracanoe discipline and won the bronze medal in the Men's KL2 canoe sprint at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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Early life and education

Beighton was born in Stockport, England in 1981. At the age of seven his family moved to Shrewsbury where he attended Meole Brace School and later Shrewsbury Sixth Form College before matriculating to Sheffield University. [3]

Career

Military service

Beighton joined the British Army and undertook his officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. On 16 December 2000, he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers as a lieutenant with seniority from 13 December 2005. [4] He was promoted to captain on 16 June 2009. [5] [6]

In October 2009, while on patrol in Helmand Province in Afghanistan, Beighton stood on an improvised explosive device. [7] His life was saved by an Army Medic, who kept him stable before being taken to medical facilities in Camp Bastion. [3] Beighton was placed in a medically induced coma and required 36 pints of blood during his initial treatment. [7] Although his life was saved he lost both his legs in the attack. [8]

Sporting career

In February 2010, Beighton attended a Paralympic talent identification day at Brunel University. It was there that he became aware that the British Paralympic squad were looking for a male Trunk and Arms rower. [6] He first sculled in July 2010 at Guildford Rowing Club as part of the rehabilitation programme at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre. [8] In April 2011, Beighton joined the Great Britain rowing team, and in May he was paired with Sam Scowen in the TA mixed Double Scull at the world cup in Munich. [7] [9] They finished third to take the bronze. In August, Beighton travelled to Slovenia to compete in the 2011 World Rowing Championships, where he and Scowen finished 6th. [7] In 2011, Beighton and Scowen were the first rowers to qualify for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. [10] They finished fourth at the London 2012 Paralympics, on the losing end of a photo finish for the bronze medal.

Beighton subsequently became a member of the British paracanoe squad and competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro [11] where he won the bronze medal in the Men's KL2 canoe sprint. [1]

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  2. ↑ "Four medals for GB Rowing Team Paralympic class boats in Munich". British Rowing. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Shropshire Life". greatbritishlife.co.uk. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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  5. ↑ "No. 59185". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 September 2009. p. 15806.
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  7. 1 2 3 4 "Beighton to fulfil Paralympic dream". MSN. 19 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Paralympian who lost legs in blast 'driven' by injuries". BBC. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Aggar wins Munich heat as Scowen and Beighton make double scull world cup debut". britishrowing.org. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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  11. ↑ Mark Shardlow (25 May 2016). "Paralympics 2016: Para-canoeist Nick Beighton embraces his new life". BBC . Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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