New Year’s Honour For Visually Impaired Tokyo Paralympics Javelin Gold Medal Winner!

Here at RNIB Connect Radio we were very pleased to see a number of blind and partially sighted people honoured in the 2022 New Year's Honours list including many Paralympics GB medal winners from the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Dan Pembroke MBE, visually impaired athlete who not only smashed Paralympic records but also won a Javelin Gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games to find out from Dan  what being honoured with an MBE means to him.

Dan first told Toby about when he received the official letter informing him that he had been honoured in the 2022 New Year’s Honours list which he initially thought might be a court summons!

Dan spoke about the reactions from his fiancée Martina, his family and fellow paralympic athletes on the news of him being honoured with an MBE. How being honoured will help to raise the profile of invisible disabilities such as visual impairment to others and of course the profile of visually impaired athletes too. 

Dan also chatted about his competition plans for 2022, entering the ‘able bodied’ British Championships and his ambition to make history as the first Paralympic athlete to win the able bodied British Championships which would be a big statement for Paraathletes.

Dan ended by telling Toby that he will certainly be taking his Fiancée Martina to the Palace when he is invited to receive his MBE medal and hopes he might be presented with it by the Queen.

If you are interested in getting into sport and maybe becoming a Paralympics medal winner like Dan or just want to get into sport do visit the British Blind Sport website - https://britishblindsport.org.uk


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