John Robertson

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John Robertson
  • Residence: Sunny Sunderland
  • Disability:Paraplegia
  • Region: North East England
  • Home Town: Sunderland
  • Club: Sunderland Yacht Club
Career highlights
2009 Miami OCR: Gold
2009 Sail For Gold Regatta: Silver
2009 ISAF World Cup Series: Gold
2009 National Able Bodied Championships: Gold
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What is your sporting ambition?
To win Gold in the London 2012 Paralympics
What was your inspiration to take up your sport?
I have been sailing from a young age and then moved into disabled sailing post accident in ’94.
What are your interests outside of sport?
Tennis, hand-cycling, watching Newcastle Falcons, having fun, my old Landrover, woodturning and basically anything that gets me out of the house - but also watching sports of all kinds!
In your mind, what's the most memorable moment of past Olympics/Paralympics?
Turning up at Qingdao (sailing venue) to see a 200ft high banner of us as we walked through the front gate. Very cool!
What three words best describe you?
Driven, caring, fun
If you were a character from a film, who would you be and why?
Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun’. It was a classic film from my youth and I loved flying and aircraft that much I joined the RAF.


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