Ben Moore (snowboarder)

He is competing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in snowboarding events for athletes with upper limb disabilities having lost the use of his left arm after a motorbike accident in 2006.

He qualified and started work as a snowboard instructor in Canada after being inspired to take up the sport during a holiday in Bulgaria.

[2] Moore missed the bus to work one day and, rather than waiting for the next one, decided to hitchhike instead.

[3] Moore began competing and achieved success when he won bronze in the banked slalom SB-UL 2017 Para Snowboard World Championships in Big White Ski Resort, Canada.

[4] He is set to represent Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, competing in Banked Slalom and SBX events alongside Owen Pick and James Barnes-Miller.