{"id":11537,"date":"2025-03-06T16:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/richard-whitehead-paralympic-champion-on-biggest-challenge-of-reaching-100-marathons\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T16:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:19:15","slug":"richard-whitehead-paralympic-champion-on-biggest-challenge-of-reaching-100-marathons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/richard-whitehead-paralympic-champion-on-biggest-challenge-of-reaching-100-marathons\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Whitehead: Paralympic champion on ‘biggest challenge’ of reaching 100 marathons"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Whitehead, who has two prosthetics after being born without the lower part of his legs, established himself as a sporting icon for all that he achieved as an athlete dubbed ‘Britain’s bladerunner’.<\/p>\n

He is the marathon man who turned into a sprint star<\/a> after he was told his classification would not feature in the long distance events at his home Paralympics in 2012.<\/p>\n

He spent the best part of the decade after that challenging for, and often winning, the biggest prizes on offer over 100m and 200m.<\/p>\n

But it is over 26.2 miles that Whitehead continues to go strong at the age of 48.<\/p>\n

He has completed three marathons in 2025 already, taking his overall tally to 83, and has a packed schedule of races ahead of him to get to the milestone century later this year.<\/p>\n

“I’ll be travelling all over the world to significant places that have supported me or I’ve competed at in the past,” Whitehead said.<\/p>\n

“And then delivering by not just running 26 miles, but also delivering a performance that I’m proud of but also, hopefully, showcases who I am as a person from Nottingham, East Midlands and Great Britain.<\/p>\n

“But also highlights disability to people that may have never seen it before.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully it challenges that anything is possible in life. If you believe you can achieve massive things.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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