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Aaron Phipps
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- Paralympic Champion: Led Team GB to its first-ever wheelchair rugby gold at Tokyo 2020.
- Mount Kilimanjaro Ascent: First person to summit Kilimanjaro unassisted, climbing on hands and knees.
- Advocate and Influencer: Named among the UK’s top 100 most influential disabled people, inspiring through speaking, and fundraising.
Biography
Aaron Phipps: Paralympian and Gold Medal Winning Champion
Aaron Phipps, MBE, is a Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby athlete, three times Paralympian and gold medal winning champion. At 15 Aaron had both of his legs and most of his fingers amputated due to blood poisoning from meningitis. After a 10km fundraising wheelchair race for the Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF), Aaron’s sporting journey began. Starting with wheelchair racing, Aaron competed in two London Marathons, including 2009 where he came fourth, finishing in under two hours. Aaron joined the GB Wheelchair Rugby squad and was selected for the 2012 London Paralympic Games where he scored over half of his team’s points.
In 2016 Aaron decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for both MRF and Shaw Trust, with a specially adapted off-road wheelchair. However, when the wheelchair wasn’t working on the terrain, Aaron refused to be carried and reached the summit after four days of trekking on his hands and knees. It’s the first time an amputee has reached the top of Kilimanjaro without any assistance. The story made national headlines and has been the subject of a Channel 5 documentary.
Aaron returned to Wheelchair Rugby in 2017. Against all the odds his team went from being 5th in the world, to the best on the planet, in the middle of a global pandemic. It was the first European team to win a medal in wheelchair rugby and Paralympics GB’s first ever gold medal in a team sport.
He continued to the Paris 2024 games and achieved his dream of getting his family to watch him compete.
He has been voted in the top 100 most influential people in the UK with a disability.
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Blood, Sweat and Wheelchairs
Aaron contracted Meningitis aged 15. He was rushed into hospital and placed on life support with a 20% chance of survival. His legs and fingers had to be amputated due to septicaemia and he spent a year in hospital
Key Takeaways
- How to re-envision your future when your circumstances change
- How to handle and recover from major setbacks
- How to manage your mindset every day to stay focussed and positive
- Perspective on life and our personal vulnerabilities
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Aaron took on a charity challenge in 2016. To become the first wheelchair user to scale Kilimanjaro unaided. When his wheelchair couldn’t cope, he was told that he would have to be carried. He refused and crawled on his hands and knees for four days to reach the summit.
Key takeaways
- An inspirational tale of resilience and determination
- How to not give up even in the face of adversity
Path to Gold
The journey to achieving that defied expectations. Sharing the secrets of an elite partnership in the build up to an unprecedented Paralympic gold medal.
- Delivered alongside Aaron’s performance coach, Jon Cooper
- Duration: 20 – 50mins (Keynote) or 2 hours – Half day (Workshop)
- Suitable for senior management / specific teams
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