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Richard Whitehead



"Cometh the hour, cometh the man."


Age: 31
Hometown: Nottingham, England
Date of Birth: July 19, 1976
Events: Road Racing 10K, Half Marathons, Ultra Marathons
Occupation: Disability Sports Performance Pathways Coach
Sponsors: Ossur, Fluid
Charities: MacMillan Cancer Support
Schooling: Lowdham Church of England School, Colonel Frank Seeley, Clarendon Collage.

Employment

  • Clifton Leisure Centre Nottm - Swimming teacher, Swimming co-ordinator, Sports leader
  • Educational swimming teacher 1998-2003
  • Camp America, working as a program councillor at Camp Jewell in the U.S.A for 9 months including specialised camps for children with cancer.
  • Extra on blockbuster film Gladiator and Time to Love
  • Sports ambassador for Nottinghamshire
  • Sporting Champions for Youth Sport Trust
  • Dayncourt Sports Collage - Teaching assistant and sports collage officer
  • Disability Sports Performance Pathways Coach for children aged between 7 - 16

Achievements

  • Child Achievement Award

Swimming


  • World Youth Games Miami 1989 U.S.A - 9 Gold's 1 Bronze
  • World Youth Games Adelaide 1991 Australia - 4 gold's, 3 silvers, 2 bronze
  • European Championships Barcelona 1992
  • National Junior Medals 36 gold's, 13 silvers, 12 bronze
  • International competitions also in Germany (Köln), Russia (S.t Petersburg), Spain (Marbella)

Cricket


  • Captain of Disabled Cricket Team 1999-present
  • Over 500 runs and 40 wickets
  • Indoor runner up 2005
  • Selected for National Disabled Cricket team for 2005/2006
  • Member of England Touring Development Squad

Sledge Hockey


  • Nottinghamshire County Council Amateur team of the year 2005
  • Paralympics 2006 in Turin - scored 4 points (3 assists and 1 goal)
  • European Championships in Zlin - 3 points (3 goals)
  • Great Britain player - over 40 caps, 29 international goals
  • Tournaments in Sweden, Italy, Wales and Czech Republic
  • Great Britain all star member
  • Nottingham Knights centre division champions and top point scorer with 45 points.
  • Assistant Captain Great Britain (2006/2007)

Running


  • Running legs provided by Ossur 2004
  • Running Legs with knees Provided by Hanger prosthetics 2006
  • Three weeks warm weather training in Oklahoma, U.S.A 2006
  • New York Marathon 2004 - Finished in 5h 18mins - Raising £8,200.00 for Macmillan Cancer Relief
  • Snowdonia Marathon 2005 - finished in 5h 40mins - Raising £1,500.00 for Macmillan Cancer Relief
  • Cape Town Two Oceans Ultra Marathon (34.5miles) - finished in 6h 13 mins
  • Robin Hood Half Marathon 2005 - finished in 1h 48mins
  • Robin Hood Half Marathon 2006 - 1h 52mins (new course)
  • Robin Hood Half Marathon 2007 - 1h 33mins
  • 10k time - Rother Valley 48.13mins 2006
  • 10k Time Three Villages 44.34 2007, 39.27 2008
  • 10k Southwell 38.58 2007, 47.19 2006, 48.58 2005, 49.11 2004
  • 10k Friends 50.01 2005
  • 10k Wollerton Park 50.18 2006
  • Southwell Triathlon 2006
  • New York Marathon 2006 4hours 09mins Raised £5,500.00 for Sarcoma Uk
  • Worksop Half Marathon 2006 1hour 47mins
  • Adidas Half Marathon at Silverstone 2007 1.38.17
  • Flora London Marathon 3 hours 52 mins 48 seconds
  • Edinburgh Marathon 4 hours and 04mins 32 seconds
  • Principia 10k 43.32 2007
  • Comrades 56 mile Ultra-Marathon South Africa 9 hours 54 mins 21 sec 2007
  • British 10k 47.12 2007
  • Berlin Marathon 3 hours 28 mins 58 seconds 2007
  • Durban coast Half marathon 1 hour 38 mins 17 seconds 2007
  • Worksop Half Marathon 1 hour 31mins 58 seconds 2007
  • Turkey Trot half Marathon 1 hour 33mins 31 seconds 2007

Awards

  • East Midlander of the year 2005
  • Outstanding Achievement Award Nottingham County Council 2006
  • Sports Personality of the year - Gedling Borough Council 2006
  • Disabled Sportsman of the Year 2006 - BBC East Midlands Sports Awards
  • Nottingham's Inspiration award 2007
  • Lord Taverners Sports Endeavour Award 2007

Public Speaker

  • Robert Miles Junior School
  • D.A.K.O Gymnastics club 2005/2006/2007
  • Gedling Sports Awards 2006
  • Frank Seeley 6th Form Awards
  • Kimberley Swimming Club
  • Rotary club
  • Radcliffe-on-trent junior school
  • Manning School
  • Duke of Edinburgh Awards Nights varies
  • Guest of Honour at Notts County Football Club
  • Rushcliffe Sports Awards 2005/2006
  • Sherrardsword School, Hertfordshire
  • Brookhill Leys School
  • Key Note speaker at Nottingham Sports Conference
  • Flora London Marathon Macmillan Pre-race evening
  • Runnersworld pasta party Comrades 2007
  • Wells Road Mental Health Hospital
  • KirkLees Athletics Club
  • Lord Taverners Sports Awards
  • Special Schools Conference 2007

Sitting Volleyball

European championships 2007

All star Player 2007 Best Blocker "European championships"

Great Britain Player 2007 -

Statement

In 2004, I found that I had a talent within a sport that would enable me to achieve lifetime goals and give something back to the sports and charities that had supported me.

Running is a sport that due to advances in technology I am now able to participate in on a level playing field as my able bodied counterparts.

I am going to run faster, longer and stronger with goals that reflect that. I will continue to run marathons, ultra marathons, and coast to coast runs all over the world.

I also want to compete on the iron man stage but my aspirations are bigger than that. I want to make a difference. To prove that even though I have a disability I have overcome barriers that have been put in front of me.

Hopefully I can pass on a message of hope through my dedication to sport and be an inspiration to all.

If I could sum up everything I do, it would be what's tattooed on my right arm 'cometh the hour, cometh the man'.

Richard Whitehead

Charities we support

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California Chapter Triabetes: Give it a shot.