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Louise Sugden
Personal information
Full nameLouise Sugden
NationalityBritish
Born (1984-07-20) 20 July 1984 (age 40)
Newbury, England
Websitelouisesugden.co.uk
Sport
Country Great Britain
 England
SportWheelchair Basketball and Powerlifting
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2008
2012
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's wheelchair basketball
Paralympic World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Para World Cup Wheelchair basketball
Representing  England
Women's powerlifting
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Heavyweight

Louise Sugden is a British powerlifter and former international wheelchair basketball player.

Wheelchair Basketball

Sugden was born in Newbury. She started playing wheelchair basketball at age 13.

She competed in 6 European championships, winning bronze in five of them. She brought home a gold from the 2011 Paralympic World Cup.[1] She competed in the Beijing and London Paralympic Games.[2]

She retired from international competition in 2016, then from the sport as a whole in 2017.

Powerlifting

In 2017 she started Para powerlifting. Nine months after starting in the sport, she won a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3]

References

  1. ^ Paralympic World Cup: Brits win wheelchair basketball gold, 27 May 2011, retrieved 13 April 2018
  2. ^ Louise Sugden, retrieved 13 April 2018
  3. ^ Commonwealth Games: England's Louise Sugden wins Para-powerlifting silver, 10 April 2018, retrieved 13 April 2018