JJ Chalmers

John James Chalmers (born 1988) is a TV Presenter and Invictus Games medallist. Chalmers served in Helmand, Aghanistan as a marine reservist with 42 Commando. In May 2011 he sustained devastating injuries in a bomb blast in Afghanistan where he suffered facial injuries, lost two fingers and his right elbow disintegrated.[1]

Invictus Games

In September 2014, Chalmers was a medal winner in non-amputee cycling for Britain at the Invictus Games.[2] He also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100m mixed relay race.[3] and received a gold medal for the Men's IRecB1 Recumbent Circuit Race.[4]

Media career

Chalmers went on to present National Paralympic Day for Channel 4[5] as well as an online show for the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha. He was a presenter for Channel 4's award-winning coverage of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,[6] as well as appearing as a guest on The Last Leg broadcast nightly live from a studio in Rio de Janeiro with the special series Live from Rio. He also featured on 'The Superhumans Show' and appeared on the BBC's coverage of 'Remembrance at the Cenotaph'.

On 21st February 2017 , Chalmers began presenting some of the sports segments on the BBC news channel in the afternoon.

References

  1. ↑ BBC. Invictus Games: JJ Chalmers recalls being blown up
  2. ↑ Help for Heroes. See the Difference. JJ Chalmers
  3. ↑ Marine fights back to win Invictus Games medal
  4. ↑ Invictus Games Results
  5. ↑ BFI. JJ Chalmers
  6. ↑ BBC. "Surviving bomb pushed me to be Paralympics presenter". 1 September 2016


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