Motivational SpeakersDame Sarah Storey is Britain’s most successful Paralympian, a champion cyclist and motivational speaker who shares insights on resilience, determination, and success.
Dame Sarah has won 17 Gold, 8 Silver and 3 Bronze medals across an impressive 8 Paralympic Games.
She has also won World and Paralympic Gold medals in two sports: swimming and cycling.
Having competed for the GB Paraswim team from 1992 to 2005, Sarah discovered her second sport, cycling, by accident.
Forced out of the water for much of 2005 by a series of ear infections, Sarah did much of her conditioning work that year on a bike, and by the end of the year she had broken the world record for the Paracycling 3,000m Individual Pursuit.
Switching to full-time cycling was not easy, but since then Sarah has built on her solid foundation from the pool to the point that people often forget how dominant and versatile she was as a young swimmer.
At the London 2012 Paralympics, Sarah topped the medal table with 4 Gold Medals from 4 events.
Following London 2012, Sarah took a break from racing to have her first child. However, she later returned to the saddle, setting a World Record at the 2014 World Track Championships, eclipsing the time she set to win her first gold medal in London!
The impressive comeback set Sarah up for an unprecedented build-up to her 7th Paralympic Games in Rio during which time she was the first woman to attempt the UCI Hour Record since the previous mark was set in 2001, she won a stage of the Tour de Bretagne, 4 Para-Cycling World titles, a bronze in the National Time Trial Championships and the able-bodied National Points Race title, all inside the first 15 months after the birth.
Setting up her own cycling team and taking it to UCI level in 2016 built the perfect lead-up to defending her Paralympic crowns.
At the Rio Games, her dominance in the C5 class continued, and she won 3 gold medals.
At the Tokyo 2020 Games, Sarah claimed her 17th Gold medal, making her Britain’s Greatest Paralympian
Dame Sarah Storey – Motivational Speaker:
Dame Sarah is very experienced in making keynote speeches and presentations at corporate events and business conferences.
Her motivating style and enthusiastic approach, coupled with her insightful view of life, ensure delegates leave inspired.
Sarah delivers stories from her sporting career and talks about the highs and lows of competing on an international stage.
Sarah links the lessons she has learnt through sport to improving any aspect of your life or business.
In a world where the smallest margins separate winning from losing, Sarah explains what it takes to push yourself to the limit and succeed against the odds.
Medals and Titles include:
- 25 Paralympic Medals
- 17 Paralympic Gold Medals (5 swimming, 12 cycling), 8 Silver Medals (swimming), 3 Bronze Medals (swimming)
- 29 World Championship titles (6 swimming, 23 cycling)
- 21 European titles (18 swimming, 3 cycling)
- 7 World Cup titles (5 Paracycling, 2 able-bodied cycling)
- More than 140 National titles (including 6 able-bodied National titles on the track)
- 75 World Records
- Polka Jersey holder: 2015 Tour of California, 2016 Tour of Brittany
- Most Aggressive rider Jersey Holder: 2016 Tour of California
- 2012 National Road Race Series Champion with 4 victories from 4 races
- 2014 & 2015 National Time Trial Series Champion
