Maria Lyle

Maria Lyle (born 14 February 2000) is a retired para-athlete from Scotland who competed mainly in T35 sprint events.

[9] In 2009, she joined Dunbar Running Club and began competing at local and national meets mainly in sprint events.

[2] In 2014, she was classified as a T35 athlete and in February she travelled to Dubai to compete at the Fazaa International, an IPC Grand Prix event.

[1][10] Lyle was selected for her first major international when she represented Great Britain at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea.

[13] In Doha, Lyle's first event saw her line up against the new world record holder Isis Holt.

[17] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Lyle took individual bronze medals in the T35 100m and the 200m, and a silver as part of Team GB's T35-T38 4 x 100m relay squad.

[19] At the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Lyle successfully defended her T35 100m title.

[28] She was named Glasgow Evening Times Young Scotswoman of the Year in 2019 for her athletics achievements and her work with disability and mental health charities.