Hope Gordon

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Hope Gordon
Hope Gordon (2024).jpg
Personal information
Born (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 30)
Golspie, Scotland
Home town Rogart, Scotland
Alma mater Edinburgh Napier University
Forth Valley College
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sport Paracanoe
Para Nordic skiing
DisabilityLeg amputation due to CRPS
Disability class KL3 (canoe)
LW12 (skiing)
Medal record
Women's paracanoe
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Event1st2nd3rd
Paralympic Games 010
World Championships 251
European Championships 111
Total372
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris VL3
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Duisburg VL3
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Milan VL3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Copenhagen KL3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Copenhagen VL3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Dartmouth VL3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Szeged KL3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Szeged VL3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 MIlan KL3
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Racice VL3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Munich VL3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 MunichKL3

Hope Gordon (born 4 November 1994) is a British paracanoeist and a para Nordic skier. She competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics becoming Great Britain's first ever female para Nordic skier. She is a two-time World champion gold medalist in paracanoe. [1] [2]

Career

Gordon had her left leg amputated above the knee in 2016 following her diagnosis of complex regional pain syndrome four years earlier. She started Paralympic swimming after recovering from her operation, she had missed out a place to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she switched to paracanoe after seeing a canoeing advert looking for talented athletes and was encouraged by Paralympic swimmer Charlotte Henshaw who was also a swimmer turned paracanoeist. She finished fourth in her debut competition in Poznań at the 2019 Paracanoe European Championships, she won her first medals at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships by winning two silver medals in both the kayak and canoe events. [3] [4]

Gordon made her debut Paralympic appearance at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, she finished 16th in the middle distance and 17th in the sprint cross country. She described the snowy conditions as 'mashed tatties' at Zhangjiakou where the skiing event was held. [5]

References

  1. "Hope Gordon - ParalympicsGB". ParalympicsGB. 8 October 2022.
  2. "Hope Gordon - International Paralympic Committee". International Paralympic Committee. 8 October 2022.
  3. "Para-canoeist Hope Gordon: "After my amputation I felt like I could do whatever I wanted"". BBC Sport. 16 August 2019.
  4. "Hope Gordon - the remarkable resilience behind struggles & success". Women's Sports Alliance. 23 September 2022.
  5. "Highlander Hope Gordon hampered by "mashed tatties" snow condition as Paralympic debut in Beijing draws to a close". Ross-shire Journal. 23 February 2022.