Former Jack Hunt School student will compete in the Paris Paralympics
Wheelchair basketball star Lee Manning will join Lauren Steadman and Matt Skelhon as local athletes competing for Great Britain in the 2024 Paralympics in France.
Manning’s place was confirmed some time ago to give a GB squad tipped for medal honours time to prepare in earnest for the biggest competition in their sport.
Manning is a former student at Jack Hunt School in the city who started playing basketball at the Peterborough Phoenix Club before he was fast-tracked to the GB set-up.
Manning (33) is a veteran at major championships and helped GB Men to European gold in 2014 and a place at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games where the team brought home the bronze medal.
In 2018 Manning starred as GB won an historic World Championship gold. He was a co-captain when GB finished second in the 2023 World Championships.
GB won the bronze medal at the last Paralympics in Tokyo which took place in 2021.
Manning plays professionally at club level for Amiab Albacete in Spain.
The Paralympic basketball competitions start on August 29 and will run until September 8.
GB men open against Germany with group games to follow against Canada, China and France before the quarter-final.
Skelhon is competing in shooting, while Steadman is defending a triathlon title.