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{{NeedsImage}} '''Sarah Storey''' or '''Dame Sarah Joanne Storey''' is a British gold medal winning Paralympic athlete in cycling and swimming, British track cycle champion, a motivational speaker, and sports coach.<ref name="bc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Dame_Sarah_Storey_OBE | title = Dame Sarah Storey OBE - Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile|website=British Cycling|language=en|access-date=2021-12-18}}</ref><br>Storey began competing internationally aged just 14, which resulted in bullying at school, and she devloped disordered eating as a result, then [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] a few years after.<ref name="nztimes" /> Storey fully recovered, and by 2020 she had became Britain's most decorated British Paralympian, with 17 gold medals won across eight different Paralympics. Storey is now in her 40s, still competing in elite competitions, having returned to full fitness twice more, after the birth of her two children.<ref name="BritishCycling2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMZfvbIpfxY | title = Dame Sarah Storey: Your Questions Answered | last = | first = | author-link =| date = Jun 22, 2020 | website = YouTube|publisher=British Cycling|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> == Early life == {{Video|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMZfvbIpfxY|service=youtube|dimensions=550|description=Dame Sarah Storey: Your Questions Answered, British Cycling (2020)|alignment=right|urlargs=start=0&rel=0&autoplay=0}} Storey was born in Manchester, [[United Kingdom|UK]] and swam from a young age. She was born without a functioning left hand and did not find this obstacle in her early years.<ref name="ss2021">{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/other-sports/news/29177/12182221/dame-sarah-storey-speaks-about-her-experience-of-bullying-and-disordered-eating | title = Dame Sarah Storey speaks about her experience of bullying and disordered eating | last = Thurstom | first = Emma | authorlink= | date = Jan 12, 2021 | website = Sky Sports|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-12-17}}</ref> She swam first with her junior school, and then with a local swimming club, before entering a gala in order to qualify to race at a higher level.<ref name="ss2021" /> == Bullying and disordered eating == In 2018, Dame Storey described being bullied as a teenager immediately after competing in her first Paralympics at age 14. As a result, Storey began to avoid eating, losing weight and developing disordered eating. With help from her doctor, she recovered and continued competing while at school.<ref name="ss2021" /> {{Quote frame|text=When you win five gold medals before your 19th birthday people assume you’re invincible, but I ended up with chronic fatigue syndrome.<ref name="cyclist"/> | author = Sarah Storey | title = Q&A with Dame Sarah Storey|source=Cyclist (2021)|align=}} ==Chronic fatigue syndrome == Sarah Storey became ill in her late teens with [[mononucleosis]] followed by [[Post-Viral Fatigue]], which then developed into [[chronic fatigue syndrome]].<ref name="BritishCycling2020" /><ref name="nztimes">{{Cite news |url = https://www.thenewzealandtimes.com/exclusive-interview-with-dame-sarah-storey-surviving-the-school-bully-has-equipped-me-for-the-challenges-ahead/| title = Exclusive Interview with Dame Sarah Storey: “Surviving the School Bully has equipped me for the challenges ahead”|publisher =The New Zealand Times | date = Dec 6, 2021}}</ref> Storey was ill with [[chronic fatigue]] for four years during her early swimming career, which left her unable to swim.<ref name="nztimes" /> {{Quote frame|quote="At that time, I was pretty much called a failure by the people in charge of swimming," she says. "I didn't successfully defend my world titles in 1998. I didn't warm up, I didn't swim, I literally ran and fell asleep on the physiotherapist's bed I was so exhausted. It was me with post-viral fatigue. I had to gradually rebuild myself by spending only five minutes a day in the water. So when I won three world titles in 2002, I felt like it was a great triumph..."<br>"I guess in able-bodied sport that would have been covered, the descents I had gone through and the distance I had climbed. It showed that I could still give a lot, physically and mentally. It also gave me a platform to support athletes who have had Covid-19 in the past 18 months. Along with some of those I mentored, I tried to prevent post-viral fatigue from turning into chronic fatigue syndrome, as it did with me."|source=The New Zealand Times, 2021}} == Switch to cycling == Storey switched sports from swimming to cycling, after persistent ear infections in 2005 kept her from swimming. As a swimmer, Storey's races lasted no more than five minutes, but as a cyclist they last up to four hours, needing considerably more endurance.<ref name="cyclist">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/go/2696 | title = Q&A: Dame Sarah Storey | last = | first = | author-link =| date = Sep 3, 2021 | website = Cyclist|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-12-18}}</ref> As a cyclist, Storey competes and wins in both able bodied and disabled classifications, particularly in track cycling events.<ref name="bc" /> ==Talks and interviews== *Dec 6, 2021, [https://www.thenewzealandtimes.com/exclusive-interview-with-dame-sarah-storey-surviving-the-school-bully-has-equipped-me-for-the-challenges-ahead/ Exclusive Interview with Dame Sarah Storey: “Surviving the School Bully has equipped me for the challenges ahead”] - The New Zealand Times *Sep 2, 2021, [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/02/sarah-storey-the-one-woman-gold-medal-factory-still-in-full-production Sarah Storey: the one-woman gold medal factory still in full production] - The Guardian *Sep 3, 2021, [https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/2696/qa-dame-sarah-storey Q&A: Dame Sarah Storey] - Cyclist magazine *Jan 12, 2021, [https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/other-sports/news/29177/12182221/dame-sarah-storey-speaks-about-her-experience-of-bullying-and-disordered-eating Dame Sarah Storey speaks about her experience of bullying and disordered eating] ==Paralymics== <div style="column-count:3; column-gap: auto"> *Barcelona 1992 (swimming) *Atlanta 1996 (swimming) *Sydney 2000 (swimming) *Athens 2004 (swimming) *Beijing 2008 (cycling) *London 2012 (cycling) *Rio 2016 (cycling) *Tokyo 2020 (cycling) </div> == Awards and honors == * 1998, MBE * 1998, OBE * 2009, DBE, becoming Dame Sarah Storey.<ref name="bc" /> ==Online presence== *[https://twitter.com/damesarahstorey Twitter] *[https://twitter.com/podiumambition Twitter - Team Storey] *[http://facebook.com/damesarahstorey Facebook] *[http://instagram.com/damesarahstorey Instagram] *LinkedIn *[https://teamstoreysport.com/ Website] *[https://teamstoreysport.com/exclusive-hello-magazine-shoot/www.youtube.com/storeychannel YouTube] ==See also== *[[List of famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] *[[Pediatric myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]] *[[Post-Viral Fatigue]] ==Learn more== *[https://teamstoreysport.com/sarah-storey/ Dame Sarah Storey DBE] - Team Storey Sport profile *[https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Dame_Sarah_Storey_OBE Dame Sarah Storey OBE] - Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile *[https://paralympics.org.uk/athletes/dame-sarah-storey-dbe Dame Sarah Storey DBE] - Paralympics GB ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:British famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]]
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