| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Great Britain | ||
| Women's swimming | ||
| Paralympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | 100 m backstroke S10 |
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | 200 m individual medley SM10 |
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | 100 m backstroke S10 |
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | 100 m breaststroke SB10 |
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | 200 m individual medley SM10 |
| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | 400 m freestyle S10 |
| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | 4×100 m freestyle S7–10 |
| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | 4×100 m medley S7–10 |
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | 400 m freestyle S10 |
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | 100 m backstroke S10 |
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | 4×100 m medley 34pts |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | 100 m breaststroke SB9 |
| Silver | 2004 Athens | 200 m individual medley SM10 |
| Bronze | 1992 Barcelona | 100 m freestyle S10 |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | 100 m freestyle S10 |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | 100 m freestyle S10 |
| Women's cycling | ||
| Paralympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | Time trial LC 1–2/CP 4 |
| Gold | 2008 Beijing | Individual pursuit LC 1–2/CP 4 |
Sarah Joanne Storey, née Bailey OBE (born 26 October 1977, Manchester, England) is a British swimmer, track and road cyclist, multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games, and twice British national track champion.
Storey (then known as Sarah Bailey) began her paralympic career as a swimmer,[1] winning two golds, three silvers and a bronze in Barcelona in 1992 at 14. She continued swimming in the next three Paralympic Games before switching to cycling in 2005.[2]
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1998 New Year Honours.[3] At the 2008 Paralympic Games, her fifth, Storey won the individual pursuit – in a time that would have been in the top eight at the Olympic final[4] – and the road time trial. Following the Beijing Games Storey was promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours.[5]
She also competes against able-bodied athletes and won the 3 km national track pursuit championship in 2008, eight days after taking the Paralympic title,[6] and defended her title in 2009.[7]
She qualified to join the England team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where was the "the first disabled cyclist to compete for England at the Commonwealth Games", against fully able-bodied cyclists.[8] She was also the the second paralympic athlete overall competing for England at the Games, following archer Danielle Brown earlier in Delhi.[9].
In 2011, she was competing for one of the three places in the GB squad for the women's team pursuit at the 2012 Olympic Games. Although she was in the winning team for the World Cup event in Cali, Columbia in December 2011[10], she was informed afterwards that she was being dropped from the team pursuit squad. [11]
Sarah Storey was a nominee for the 2008 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. She is married to Barney Storey, a cycling sprint pilot.