As we are coming up to the Paris 2024 Paralympics, I have had a quick look to see if I can find athletes who have HSP.
I started by looking at my post from the Tokyo Paralympics, and pleased to find that all but one of the athletes from there are also appearing in Paris. I have also done a search and found other athletes with HSP who are appearing.
I am busy preparing for the UK HSP Support Group AGM, which is on Saturday. So, this post is a quick list of the people I have found. Most of these athletes seem to have active instagram pages, so that has been my social media link of choice to put here.
Evan Austin (USA) https://www.instagram.com/e_a_swim/
Rebecca Hart (USA) https://www.instagram.com/rebeccahart136/
Katie Morrow (GB) https://x.com/katiemorrow56
Jade Atkin (GB) https://www.instagram.com/jadeatkin10/
Roman Polianskyi (Ukraine) https://www.instagram.com/roman_alexandrovi/
Toni Ponce (Spain) https://www.instagram.com/toni_ponce/
Laila Suzigan (Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/lailasuzigan/
Daniel Mendes (Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/danielmendess6_/
Austin Smeenk (Canada) https://www.instagram.com/austinsmeenk/
Dayna Crees (Australia) https://www.instagram.com/daynacrees__/
Arianna Talamona (Italy) https://www.instagram.com/talamona94
Milena Surreau (France) https://www.instagram.com/milena_surreau/
Lisa Bergenthal (Germany) https://www.instagram.com/lisa.bthal
Michael Volter (Germany) https://www.instagram.com/michvolt10/
If anyone knows other athletes with HSP in the Paralympics, please let me know!!!
(25th August - Merci to friends in France saying about Milena.)
(30th August - Thanks to friends in UK for saying about Jade, and Danke to friends in Germany for saying about Lisa and Michael)
(1st September - review of schedules shows that Hallie Smith isnt competing this year)
(22nd September - Thanks to friends in Brazil for saying about Daniel Mendes)