How canoeing helped Paralympic hopeful Jonny Young walk again

Thanks to canoeing, Jonny Young can walk again.

Sport changes lives and none more so than Young’s, who in the decade since a spinal cord injury has gone from being a full-time wheelchair user to ambulant.

Now he’s targeting Paris 2024 as the ‘cherry on the top’ of a truly remarkable recovery, propelled by the Paralympic Games.

“Sport has given me a better quality of life than I could have imagined,” said the 38-year-old. “I have a disability for the rest of my life but I can strive to push the boundaries of what is achievable.”

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Join the Paddle NI Female Leadership Programme

by Lyn Sherriff • 6 February 2025

The #ShePaddles programme will be an empowering and transformative experience for female paddlers designed to enhance leadership skills, resilience, and ability to perform under pressure. Through a series of in-person and online sessions with leading performance consultants Jo Hopkins and Eliza Downey, you'll explore your leadership style, understand the impact of pressure on performance, and learn from various fields such as sport, the military, and the arts to drive individual and team performance. Additionally, hands-on paddling sessions led by Effie Ellis-O'Neill, an experienced Coach and Tutor of BCAB Qualifications, will help you develop and refine your skills on the water and guide you in your goal setting whilst building a community of female paddlers.