Scottish Disability Sport marked its 50th anniversary by announcing the inaugural 20 members of the Scottish Disability Sport Hall of Fame to a packed audience of members, athletes, Paralympians, participants and supporters at the association's annual meeting.
The Hall of Fame was inspired by a realisation that the organisation has not always remembered and celebrated its sporting champions as much as they deserve, and is intended to inspire new generations of disabled sportsmen and women by creating an accessible record of achievements of past champions.
It includes details of the careers and achievements of Scotland's iconic disabled sports men and women and will serve as a lasting tribute to great champions in disability sport who have contributed to the development and reputation of SDS in Great Britain and around the world.
The initial 20 inductees were selected by a panel of four SDS experts in disability sport, led by Richard Brickley MBE, with a breadth of knowledge of disability sport in Scotland spanning a large part of the 50 years of SDS.
In future years, nominations will be invited from significant partners and stakeholders with the final decision taken by a similar panel of appropriate experts.
1 Valerie Robertson Scotland's greatest all round wheelchair athlete, who competing at Paralympic Games in 1964, '68, '72 & '76, winning 7 medals
2 Willie McLeod Multi medalist across 4 Paralympic Games in bowls, 100m & world record holder for visually impaired long jump in 1985
3 Michael McCreadie Involved in 7 Summer & Winter Paralympic Games as a wheelchair basketball player, coach & wheelchair curler
4 Barbara Howie 3 time Paralympian between 1972 and 1980 winning 5 medals as Scotland's first performance wheelchair athlete
5 Jim Muirhead: Scotland's most successful visually impaired Paralympian with 5 gold, 5 silver & 3 bronze medals between 1976 & 1984
6 Tom Killin Fencing & wheelchair curling Paralympian in 1980, 1984 (summer), 2006 & 2010 (winter) winning 3 silver & 2 bronze medals
7 Isabel Newstead MBE At the 1984 Paralympics she won 9 medals across 3 sports, including a gold medal in shooting in her final Paralympic Games in 2004
8 Mary Ann Low Scotland's finest blind sportswoman: 20 medals at Paralympic, world & European level in swimming during 80s & 90s
9 Kenny Cairns MBE 5-time Paralympic swimmer winning 13 medals including 4 gold in 1984. He also won16 medals at world & 21 at European Championships
10 Colin Keay Outstanding T36 sprinter who won 5 gold & 1 silver medals at New York & Seoul Paralympic Games. Excelled throughout the 80s
11 Paul Noble MBE Competed in 5 successive Paralympic Games, winning medals in each, ending with a total of 15 Paralympic medals, including 4 gold.
12 Maggi McEleny MBE 4-time Paralympian winning 15 medals including 3 gold. She also won 15 medals between 1991 & 2001 at European Championships, including 5 golds
13 Jim Anderson OBE 6-time Paralympian between 1992 & 2012. Has won a staggering 57 medals at Paralympic, world & European level
14 Caroline Baird MBE 3-time Paralympian between 1992 & 2000 winning 5 medals, including 4 gold in the T36 class. She also won World Championship gold in 1994 and 1998
15 Andrew Lindsey Won 17 medals at Paralympic, world & European level & spent 10 years undefeated at 100m backstroke in S7 class
16 Stephen Payton 4-time Paralympian T38 sprinter who burst on to the scene in 1994 at the IPC World Championships, winning 3 gold medals & setting a new world record
17 David Heddle MBE Scotland's last bowler to win a Paralympic gold medal at the Atlanta Games. He was also a member of the triples team that won the gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester
18 Tracey Wiscombe Scotland's most successful sportsperson with a learning disability of all time winning 39 swimming medals at Paralympic, world & European level
19 Aileen McGlynn OBE 3-time Paralympic Games tandem cyclist between 2004 and 2012 winning 2 gold, 2 silver & 1 bronze
20 Frank Duffy Wheelchair curling skip at the Torino Winter Paralympic Games leading the GB rink to the silver medal. He also led Scotland to successive World Championship titles in 2004 and 2005
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