Bronze for sailor Rickham
6th September 2012
University of Bath graduate Alexandra Rickham has won sailing bronze at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Rickham, who graduated with a Natural Sciences degree in 2004, won the medal for ParalympicsGB today partnering Niki Birrell in the SKUD 18 class.
It was a good sailing campaign for Great Britain, with Helena Lucas also winning gold in the one-person 2.4mR class.
They became the first British sailors to win Paralympic Games medals since the sport joined the full programme at the Sydney 2000 Games.