{"id":18355,"date":"2023-12-06T10:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T10:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kukrisports.com\/uk\/?page_id=18355"},"modified":"2023-12-06T10:26:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T10:26:32","slug":"ytp-ambassadors-lizzie-dodds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kukrisports.com\/uk\/ytp-ambassadors-lizzie-dodds\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzie Dodds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-slideshow-Z1EC6cp wp-block-lazyblock-slideshow\"><div class=\"big-slider stretchout \">\n\t<div class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide  \" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.kukrisports.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Lizzie-Dodds-News-Story-Banner-1600x700-2.jpg'); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-overlay\"> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slidecopy \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slidecopy-copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>LIZZIE <\/strong>DODDS <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n    \t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Kukri Sports is pleased to welcome Lizzie Dodds as one of its new Youth Talent Programme Ambassadors for 2024. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lizzie, a rising star in para-athletics as a T38 para-athlete, represented England in this year&#8217;s Welsh Internationals in Cardiff in the para 100m and has a bright future ahead of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tell us about yourself and your athletic background?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m 16 years old and have a quadriplegic dystonic cerebral palsy which affects my muscle tone and range of movement. My love for athletics started when I was watching the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What athletics club and school\/college are you associated to?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI joined Doha Athletics club in 2018, which is when my passion for the sport started. Since moving back to England, I have trained with Shrewsbury Athletics Club, and am currently studying my A-Levels at Wrekin College.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What event do you compete in?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m a T38 para-athlete and compete in the 100m and 200m, and have recently started long jump too.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are your goals and aspirations in athletics?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cTo become a Paralympian.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your greatest achievement so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cMy greatest achievement is representing England in August this year at the Welsh Internationals in Cardiff.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who is your Athletics idol and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWhilst watching the London Paralympic Games, I was inspired by Hannah Cockroft and her dominance on and off the track.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you know about Kukri sports?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cKukri is a major clothing brand which produces high-quality sportswear for a number of sports.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What does it mean to you to become a Kukri Sports YTP Ambassador?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI feel honoured and very privileged to be a Kukri YTP Ambassador. It\u2019s a fantastic opportunity and I\u2019m really excited to start collaborating with Kukri, to showcase their amazing products and how they benefit athletes like me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to developing my online presence as I start my journey into more regular international competitions.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kukri Sports is pleased to welcome Lizzie Dodds as one of its new Youth Talent Programme Ambassadors for 2024. Lizzie, a rising star in para-athletics as a T38 para-athlete, represented England in this year&#8217;s Welsh Internationals in Cardiff in the para 100m and has a bright future ahead of her. 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