Peter Hull

Peter Maurice Hull, MBE (born 6 December 1965 in Paris, France) is a British Paralympic gold medalist.

Peter Hull
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's swimming
Paralympic Games
1992 Barcelona 50 m backstroke
1992 Barcelona 50 m freestyle
1992 Barcelona 100 m freestyle

Early life

Peter Hull was born in France to English parents. He was born without legs and with arms ending at the elbow. From a young age he attended Chailey Heritage School in Sussex. In his teens he was a boarder at the Hephaistos School, Arborfield, Berkshire. He studied leisure and sport at Farnborough College of Technology.

Sporting career

Swimming

Peter Hull began swimming regularly at the age of 5. In 1975, aged 9, he won a gold medal in his first gala at the British Sports Association for the Disabled (BSAD) National Championships at Stoke Mandeville (though he was the only swimmer in his classification).

Later he became National Junior and Senior Short Course Champion in 25, 50 and 100m backstroke and freestyle.

  • 1988 he was a member of the British Swim Team for the Seoul Paralympics (Four 4th places)
  • 1991 - Winner of three Gold medals in the 50m backstroke, 50m and 100m freestyle at the Disabled European Swimming Championships
  • 1992 - Winner of three Gold medals (all with World Records) in the Barcelona Paralympics in the 50m backstroke and freestyle and 100m freestyle
  • 1994 - British Swim Team Captain - winners of the Disability World Swimming Championships
  • 1995 - Member of British Swim Team - winners of the Disability European Swimming Championships
  • 2001 – Swam in the IPC European Swimming Championships, Stockholm

Marathons

Hull has completed 12 full marathons, including the London Marathon 6 times, and 18 half marathons. In the process he raised money for the British Sports Association for the Disabled (BSAD)

Personal life

Peter was the subject of Marc Quinn's sculpture in white marble Peter Hull (1999), now at the Groninger Museum[1]

He appeared as an extra, 'Lofty', in Antony Sher's Changing Step (BBC Scotland 1990) television play, directed by Richard Wilson, about a World War I amputee who falls in love with a nurse.

In 1991 he was awarded an MBE for services to disability sport.

In 1985 he was named one of The Times Men of the Year, along with Terry Waite and Simon Weston and others.[2]

Peter Hull is County Development Officer for Disability Sport at Hampshire County Council. He is President of the Rushmoor Mallards disability sports club and sits on the committee (and is former chair) of the Jubilee Sailing Trust.

Peter Hull took up wheelchair rugby in 2012 and is currently chair of Team Solent Sharks Wheelchair Rugby Club, based at Solent University.

References
  1. Groninger Museum - Marc Quinn, Recent Sculpture
  2. The Times, 7 November 1985, p.32 - Nine Men of the Year are honoured at Savoy lunch
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