Sally was the youngest in our Paris Paralympic Games squad.
Category: BC3
Date of Birth: 31/10/2004
Coach: Lauren Kianchehr
From: Salisbury
sally kidson
At the age of just 17, she made her Boccia UK debut in style, finishing fourth in the female BC3 category at the World Boccia Poznan Challenger in August 2022.
She also competed as an individual and as part of the BC3 Pair at the first ever 2023 European Para Championships. 2023 was a brilliant year for Sally in which she beat World Champion Ana Costa at the Zagreb Challenger, and European Champion Sonia Heckel at the Heraklion Challenger.
In the Paralympic Games qualifying event, Sally - together with Will Arnott - overcame two defeats in the BC3 Pair pool matches before going on to win gold, securing Great Britain a spot for the BC3s in Paris.
At the Paralympic Games in Paris, Sally was the youngest in the ParalympicsGB boccia squad. Having just collected her A-level results a couple of weeks before, she beat the world number three in her opening game.
She is supported by Hannah Stewart who is her ramp assistant.
Away from boccia, Sally is a keen musician and has performed with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Resound ensemble and the National Open Youth Orchestra.
She is to study music at Bristol in September.
Meet the rest of the Great Britain boccia squad…
