‘We’re Paralympians but nothing pushed us more than having a baby together’
ok.co.ukAs Laurie Williams and Robyn Love gaze at their newborn, their pride is evident.The couple have achieved more than many in their life so far, but this feels like their biggest accomplishment yet.They fell in love while representing Great Britain at wheelchair basketball.
31 year old Laurie is a wheelchair user after an undiagnosed viral infection at 18 months old caused partial paralysis of her motor nerves.
Robyn, 32, was born with arthrogryposis, a condition where the muscles are shortened, meaning her right leg is shorter than her left.They’ve had plenty to celebrate since – a fourth place finish at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, a historic silver medal win at the 2018 World Championships in Hamburg, and their 2020 engagement in Paris.
When Laurie’s father died in 2021, it put everything into perspective. Laurie tells us, “I’d never lost a family member and experienced that cycle of grief.
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