Show Notes
For today's show it's the irrepresible Chris Skelley. Only a couple of months ago he won Judo gold in the visually impared under 100kg category at the Paralympics in Tokyo. He's also a European and World Champion.
Chris grew up playing rugby and competing in Judo from the age of five, but in his teenage years his sight began to suffer due to Ocular Albinism and that led to a huge change in his life, in every area. We talk about that and how it's fuelled his positivity and fashioned the path he's on now. Styles of learning, understanding the individual, trust between coach and athlete all crop up in what both turned out to be a heart-warming, inspiring and light-hearted conversation and we started by talking about the aftermath of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Chris missing out on a podium finish and how that threw even more coals on his fire of further development.
More About Chris Skelley: Paralympics GB - https://paralympics.org.uk/athletes/chris-skelley British Judo - https://www.britishjudo.org.uk/players/chris-skelley/ Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Skelley Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/christopher.skelley/?hl=en Twitter - https://twitter.com/christopherske2?lang=en Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/christopherskelleyparalympicjudoka/ Show Notes - benryan.co.uk/podcasts
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