Georgie Brayshaw is defying the odds at every turn on her journey to Paris 2024.
The 30-year-old was part of the British women's quad that soared to gold at the World Rowing Championships in 2023.
But to get to the top of the podium, the Leeds-born rower has battled her way through the after-effects of a harrowing horse riding accident as a teenager and an unexpected late start to rowing.
A tale of dedication and perseverance, here are five things Georgie Brayshaw wants you to know about her.
I was in a coma for nine days and partially paralysed as a teenager
I was in a coma for nine days from a horse riding accident when I was 15 which left me paralysed on my left side for about a year.
I had started horse riding when I was seven for a birthday present and I became obsessed and got my own horse.
The last thing I remember from the day of the accident was about half an hour before when I was setting off my with friends galloping through a field and then I don't remember anything from there until a week after I woke up.
What happened was there was a road in the field and my horse was just being an idiot and wasn't slowing down, he slid over on the road and I slid off and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance came to get me.
My first memory after it was my mum taking me to the shops near the hospital just to try and get me moving. We went to Morrisons and I was asking the cashier if they were a doctor and whether I could go home.
After that, I had to retrain myself to use the left side of my body but even when I started rowing at 22, coaches noticed that there were so many instances where my left side just did not connect in the gym so I had to do loads of extra work.
I didn't start rowing until my second year of university
My first year of university I had signed up to everything. I did sailing, trampolining, lacrosse, netball but nothing really stuck.
I'm not from a sporty family but my dad had always thought about rowing so pushed me to do it in second year.
The rowing club at the University of Northampton was only in its second year itself and we would only go out once a week and it wasn't serious at all.
But the coach at the local club thought I would be quite good so helped me try out for GB Start.
I didn't get in and a family difficulty led me to quit in third year and then I didn't start rowing again until post-university.
I went to my local club in Leeds, tried out for GB Start again and got in this time which started my rowing journey from there.
I want to be a teacher when I finish rowing
Prior to Covid, I used to go into schools for athlete appearances and I really enjoyed it.
You would go and chat to the children about your experiences as an athlete and back then, I wasn't a world champion or anything like I am now so didn't have as many cool stories but it gave me such a buzz and it put my on the path of thinking that I want to be a teacher when I'm older.
My message used to be that 'no matter who you are, or how old you are, you can do anything'.
I think that I'm proof of that. Doctors told me I would be in wheelchair when I had my accident and they told my parents I might not even be able to feed myself properly but here I am now.
I want kids to know that they actually can do anything and when I go to schools, it's not about rowing, it's about anything you're passionate about as long as you believe in yourself.
I want to be that teacher kids can come do and can seek to get that belief.
I renovated a campervan to go travelling with my boyfriend
Me and my boyfriend, Ashley, self-converted a campervan in 2022 and we love to go travelling in it.
My parents had a campervan when I was younger. My dad had converted a Sprinter which our family had gone travelling over the Alps in and been around Croatia.
They were some really cool trips and I knew that it was definitely something I wanted to do as an adult and my boyfriend wanted to as well.
So we just did it. Sold the car, bought a van and converted it and now we have a really nice van.
It's a good space for two but you wouldn't want a whole family in there and I know my mum and dad wouldn't go travelling in it.
Ashley is the most organised person ever so everything has it's place and opens up in the right way so it works for us.
We want to travel the world at some point and really want to do the Pan-American Highway from Canada to South America.
I recently set the 5km world record for the RP3 rowing machine
I had a back and hip injury I have just got back from and started using the RP3 rowing machine which is different to the Concept2 that most use.
I really got on with it and enjoyed it.
We all have to do a 5k test in February and I decided to do it on the RP3.
I already had a good time on the Concept2 but it wasn't a world record and I had no idea what times I should be aiming for on the RP3.
So I just decided to go for it and came away with the world record.
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