{"id":1717,"date":"2012-09-04T09:33:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T09:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1717"},"modified":"2012-09-04T09:33:35","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T09:33:35","slug":"paralympics-british-armed-forces-hero-nick-beighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/paralympics-british-armed-forces-hero-nick-beighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympics British armed forces hero – Nick Beighton"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nick Beighton is taking part in the mixed double sculls at the Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old only came to rowing two years ago and has made a remarkable rise since then.<\/p>\n
Beighton lost both of his legs in October 2009 when he was injured whilst fighting in Afghanistan, but was determined not to let this ruin his life.<\/p>\n
At a Paralympic Potential day held at Brunel University in February 2010 – organised through the Battle Back programme – the Shrewsbury-born athlete impressed the British Paralympic Association.<\/p>\n
Indeed, at the first World Cup of 2011 in Munich, Germany, he secured a bronze medal with partner Samantha Scowen, despite only being involved in the sport for one year.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the Shropshire Star, Beighton admitted that rowing had brought nothing but good things for him.<\/p>\n
"It's given me a real focus and a positive feeling about where my life is and the direction I can take it in," he added.<\/p>\n
A passionate rock climber and mountaineer, Beighton also likes to ski and snowboard in his spare time.<\/p>\n
Posted by Mark Wilkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nick Beighton is happy to be competing at the Paralympic Games. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n