Alexandra Rickham

{{Short description|British Paralympic sailor (born 1981)}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Alexandra Rickham | image = | caption = | nationality = British / Jamaican | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|9|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica | death_date =  | death_place = | height = | weight = | club = Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Sailing }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2012 London | Mixed Two Person SKUD18 }} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Rio | Mixed Two Person SKUD18 }} }}

'''Alexandra Rickham''' (born 11 September 1981) is a British Paralympic sailor.

==Personal life== Rickham was born on 11 September 1981 in Kingston, Jamaica.<ref name=BPA>{{cite web |title=Alexandra Rickham |url=http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/alexandra-rickham |publisher=British Paralympic Association |access-date=23 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829000157/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/alexandra-rickham |archive-date=29 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=rya>{{cite web |title=Team Profile: Alexandra Rickham |url=http://www.rya.org.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Racing/Web%20Documents/Olympic%20Profiles/Alexandra%20Rickham.pdf |publisher=Royal Yachting Association |access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref>

She is a tetraplegic athlete who became disabled as a result of a shallow diving accident in 1995.<ref name=rya/>

==Sailing== Rickham competed in the 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition in the SKUD 18 two person keelboat class, where she finished in fifth place. In 2011 following back to back IFDS World Championship wins she was shortlisted by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards.

Rickham was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, United Kingdom. She competed in the SKUD 18 - 2 person keelboat event, alongside teammate Niki Birrell.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alex Rickham |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/paralympics-gb/8725605/Alex-Rickham-Paralympics-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728042313/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympic-sport/paralympics-gb/8725605/Alex-Rickham-Paralympics-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2012 |access-date=23 August 2012 |newspaper=The Telegraph}}</ref> The duo started strongly, winning two of the first five races, but form slipped slightly in the later races but their performance was still good enough to win the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paralympics 2012: Britain's Helena Lucas wins sailing gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/19493574 |date=6 September 2012 |access-date=4 September 2015 |newspaper=BBC Sport}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=GBRAR50|www=alexandra-rickham}} * {{IPC athlete|alexandra-rickham}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rickham, Alexandra}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:British female sailors (sport) Category:Paralympic sailors for Great Britain Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Category:Paralympic medalists in sailing Category:Sailors at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Category:Sailors at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Category:Sailors at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Category:Team Bath Paralympic athletes Category:Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica