Ryan Cockbill
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 June 1990 Birmingham, England |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 United Kingdom |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | Air rifle |
| Club | Aldersley Sports Village |
| Coached by | Pasan Kularatne |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Paralympic finals | 2012 |
Ryan Cockbill (born 16 June 1990) is a British sport shooter. In 2012 he represented Great Britain at the Summer Paralympics in London taking part in the R4 and R5 100m air rifle SH2.[1]
Personal history
Cockbill was born in Birmingham, England in 1990.[2] At the age of 16 he attended a friend's party to celebrate the end of their GCSE exams. During the party Cockbill decided to belly flop into a child's paddle pool which resulted in a compression fracture to his spine leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.[3]
References
- ↑ "Ryan Cockbill". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ "Cockbill, Ryan". IPC. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ Fricker, Martin (11 April 2013). "Paralympian left paralysed after belly-flop pool prank loses multi-million pound compensation claim". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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