• 42: Paris 2024 Paralympic Preview: Monica Vaughan

  • Aug 27 2024
  • Length: 24 mins
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42: Paris 2024 Paralympic Preview: Monica Vaughan

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  • It’s August 2024 and this week, the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games begins.

    The Paralympics, as we commonly know them, have their roots in the Stoke Mandeville Games, first held in 1948, when only wheelchair athletes competed.

    In 1960, they were renamed as the Paralympic Games, and in 1976, para-athletes besides wheelchair users were allowed to compete for the first time.

    My guest today was one of those. And she didn’t just compete – she cleaned up.

    Monica Vaughan represented Great Britain in swimming at two Paralympics.
    Five Gold medals in Toronto in ’76 were followed by four more plus a Silver in Arnhem in Germany in 1980.

    By the way, thank you to Stylist Magazine for naming us as one of the best podcasts about women in sport.

    Archive info about the Paralympics and Monica Vaughan

    "From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford" - A History of the Summer Paralympic Games by Ian Brittain

    Toronto 1976

    Monica Vaughan profile National Paralympic Heritage Trust

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    Acknowledgments
    Thank you to Whistledown Productions for the technical help and use of the studio to record this podcast.

    Edited and mixed by Steven George

    Music: Luna Cantina - A Huevo
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