Before taking up athletics Sugar represented Wales at field hockey captaining the under-20s team and gaining 16 full international caps.

Due to Covid the 2020 Canoe world championships was cancelled meaning that Sugars next major event would be the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games.

Sugar went on to claim her maiden world title just two weeks later in Copenhagen, before being awarded an MBE in the 2022 New Year’s Honours.

In 2023, Sugar won her third consecutive world title in the KL3 in Duisburg, while also qualifying Britain’s boat quota spot for Paris 2024.

Sugar retained her Paralympic title winning gold at Paris 2024 in the Women’s Kayak Single 200m KL3 race.

[3] During her hockey training the team's physio commented on Sugar's ankle impairment, stating that she should try out a Paralympic sport as she would be able to gain a classification.

[3] While watching the 2012 Summer Paralympics she noticed that the British discus thrower, Dan Greaves appeared to have "the same leg", and Sugar decided to explore her physio's advice.

In February 2013 she had her first athletics trial and was informed that she would be flown out to Dubai in four weeks to be classified before competing at the Fazaa International, an IPC Grand Prix event.

[3] Sugar's first major international competition came in July 2013 when she was selected as part of the Great Britain team to compete at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon.