Career
Born in Mihuu, Kenya, she contracted polio at the age of two, resulting in a later Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital diagnosis of below T7 paralysis. Arriving in the United Kingdom in April 2000, she was introduced to wheelchair racing in 2002 and in 2004 became the first Kenyan wheelchair racer to represent her country, competing in the T53 400m finals at the Paralympics in Athens.
Membership
Following a successful application for British citizenship in 2006, she became a member of Team Great Britain and, after reclassification, now competes in the T54 racing category as a British athlete. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to disability sport and charity.
