Our athletes Sophie Carrigill

In 2012, Wakefield native Sophie was selected for the ParalympicsGB’s Paralympic Inspiration Programme and was an Olympic Torch Bearer, igniting a lifelong passion for wheelchair basketball and high performance sport. 

A bronze medallist on her major debut at the 2013 European Championships, the following year saw Sophie receive the honour of being named the GB Women’s Captain for the 2014 World Championships, where she led the team to a fifth place finish, their highest position achieved at that time.

In 2015, Sophie then captained the GB Women to another European bronze medal and a qualification place for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. 2015 was a huge year for Sophie: in addition to her senior international success, she also played an invaluable role in the GB Women’s U25 Team becoming crowned the U25 World Champions in Beijing, China – building upon two European U25 Silver Medals (2013, 2014).

Sophie co-captained the GB women’s team at Rio 2016 to its best ever Paralympics position of fourth. In the same year, Sophie graduated from the University of Worcester having achieved a first class honours degree in Sports Psychology.

Making history in 2018, Sophie and the GB Women’s team set the courts of Hamburg on fire at the World Championships as the squad qualified for a place in the final and brought home the silver medal.

GB Representation and Results
2013 European Championships, Frankfurt (Bronze)
2014 U25 European Championships, Hannover
2014 World Championships, Toronto
2015 U25 World Championships, Beijing (Gold)
2015 European Championships, Worcester (Bronze)
2016 Paralympic Games, Rio
2017 European Championships, Tenerife (Bronze)
2018 World Championships, Hamburg (Silver)
2019 European Championships, Rotterdam (Silver)
2020 (played in 2021) Paralympic Games, Tokyo
2021 European Championships, Madrid (Silver)
2022 Worlds (played in 2023), Dubai
2023 European Championships, Rotterdam (Silver)
2024 Paralympic Games, Paris