SIXTEEN-year-old runner Jack Roughan is among 16 talented young athletes being tipped by Sport England and SportsAid to make their mark at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The ‘16 for 2016’ are all supported by SportsAid, a charity which gives financial assistance to talented youngsters aged 12 to 18, to help them meet the costs of pursuing their sporting dreams.
The rising stars were named as Sport England announced that it would be investing over half a million pounds of Government funding in SportsAid over the next two years.
Jack, from Worcester, claimed three medals at this year’s ISBA World Championships. He said: “I am really pleased to be selected by SportsAid to be one of the 16 for 2016. It is a great honour to be recognised as having the potential to achieve success at Paralympic level.”
Jack is partially sighted and competes in the B2 classification. He has only been running since Spring 2008 and has shown remarkable improvement in a short period of time.
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