Tracey Hinton
Tracey Hinton (born 19 March 1970) is a Paralympic athlete being visually impaired and classed as T11 in the Paralympic classification system. Born in Cardiff and a member of Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club, Hinton has been blind since having cancer of the retina aged four which resulted in her losing her sight.[1] She has won three silver and three bronze medals at Paralympic level.
She competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics winning a silver medal in the 400m B1, a silver medal in the 200m B1 and a bronze medal in the 100m B1. 2000 saw her win bronze medals in the T11 200m and T11 400m and silver in the T12 800m.[2] She is the 800 metres world record holder in her class with a time of 2mins:17.66secs.[3]
Hinton has been selected to compete in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, her sixth games.[4][5] She was chosen as captain of the women's athletics squad for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[6]
Hinton participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the T11/T12 100m, qualifying for the final with a run of 13.79 seconds with her guide Stefan Hughes.
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