The Paralympic hopeful lost her eyesight after contracting a rare strain of E. coli bacteria at the age of 19.
Lizzi Jordan, left, pictured with her former tandem pilot Amy Cole, is poised to make her Paralympic debut in Paris
Suffering multiple organ failure, she was placed in a coma before eventually coming around eight weeks later having lost her eyesight and, temporarily, the ability to walk.“It was a bit unknown as to whether I would pull through,” Jordan, then aged 19, told the PA news agency ahead of her likely Paralympic debut this summer.
The former Royal Holloway, University of London student, who was previously a keen horse rider, attended a British Cycling talent ID day in September 2020 and has gone from strength to strength. “I still pinch myself now because it was just in the wildest of my dreams to achieve two world titles in two Paralympic events in a Paralympic year,” said Jordan, who is able to train full-time thanks to National Lottery funding.
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