PARALYMPIAN Aled Davies may have a gold medal under his belt but he is now set to face his toughest challenge yet.
The athlete is taking on Celebrity SAS, which aims to push stars to their absolute limit.
Who is Paralympian Aled Davies?
Aled Siôn Davies MBE was born on May 24, 1991, and is a Welsh Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category F42 throwing events.
In 2012 he became the world record holder of the F42 shot put – and extended his mark in the 2017 World Championships in London.
Aled also competes in the F42 discus.
F42 classification means he competes in field events – hence F – with the 42 denoting athletes competing without prosthesis who have lower limbs affected by limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement.
Aled was born with hemimelia of the right leg.
In 2021, Aled took on the challenge of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
When did Aled win a gold medal in the Paralympics?
Aled was the golden boy of the London Paralympics.
In the 2012 games he took the bronze medal in shot put and gold in the discus.
In the Rio Paralympics, Aled won a gold medal in the F42 shot put, beating his nearest rivals by over a metre with a new Paralympic record of 15.97m.
At the London 2017 World Champs, he broke his own world record with a mark of 17.52 in the shot put, while in the discus he threw a new championship record of 51.54m.
Aled is at Tokyo 2020 looking to get his fourth Paralympic medal.
His amazing contribution to sport saw him get an MBE in the Queen’s 2013 Honours List.
Is Aled married and does he have kids?
Aled is very private about his personal life.
It is not known if the athlete is married or has any children.
Source: Athletics - thesun.co.uk
