Josie Rachel Pearson MBE (born 3 January 1986) is a Paralympian wheelchair rugby player and athlete from England.

[1] She later moved to Hay-on-Wye on the Welsh border, where her mother runs a fashion and lifestyle shop with Josie's older sister Freya (b.

[2] The accident, in which her boyfriend died, resulted in Pearson breaking two bones in her neck and permanent spinal damage.

Accepted into the team, she decided to leave university after a year to concentrate on making the Paralympic squad, a goal she had followed since watching the Athens Games.

[10] Pearson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to athletics.

[11] In 2013 Pearson qualified for the discus and club throw as part of the British team for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.