Tara Flood

Tara Flood, born in 1966 in Preston, Lancashire, without her forearms, is a retired British Paralympic swimmer who competed at three Paralympic Games and won seven medals, and is now a disability rights activist. Her article recounts that her grandmother discriminated against her, which affected both Tara and her mother, and that her mother had a nervous breakdown when Tara was two days old and was heavily sedated. She attended a residential special school from the age of sixteen months. The article states no count of gold medals, so her honours band is left open until a source that states it is found.