Lucy Shuker
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Lucy Shuker is a British
wheelchair tennis
player who is currently the highest ranking woman in the sport in Britain and winner of both singles and doubles titles in the National Wheelchair Tennis Championships following a 2001 motorbike accident that left her paralysed. She is currently ranked 10th in the world rankings for doubles matches and 12th in singles. She was also the recipient of the 2005 British Wheelchair Sports Award, the nominee for the 2006 Disabled Player of the Year award, and the semi-finalist in tournaments in both Switzerland
and the United States
.
Currently living near Taunton
, Somerset
, Shuker states that she is aiming to take part in the 2012 Olympics. In early 2007 Shuker reached the quarter finals stage of the Sydney International Wheelchair Tennis Open.
In 2008, she competed in the singles and doubles events in Wheelchair tennis at the Beijing Paralympics.
United Kingdom
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wheelchair tennis
Wheelchair Tennis
Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for those who have disabilities in their lower bodies. The size of courts, balls, and rackets are same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis; they use specially designed wheelchairs and the ball may bounce up to two times...
player who is currently the highest ranking woman in the sport in Britain and winner of both singles and doubles titles in the National Wheelchair Tennis Championships following a 2001 motorbike accident that left her paralysed. She is currently ranked 10th in the world rankings for doubles matches and 12th in singles. She was also the recipient of the 2005 British Wheelchair Sports Award, the nominee for the 2006 Disabled Player of the Year award, and the semi-finalist in tournaments in both Switzerland
Switzerland
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and the United States
United States
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.
Currently living near Taunton
Taunton
Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, Shuker states that she is aiming to take part in the 2012 Olympics. In early 2007 Shuker reached the quarter finals stage of the Sydney International Wheelchair Tennis Open.
In 2008, she competed in the singles and doubles events in Wheelchair tennis at the Beijing Paralympics.