Millie Knight
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 January 1999 Canterbury |
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| Education | King's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5.5 ft) (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (9 st 6 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Alpine skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | B2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Slalom Giant slalom |
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| Coached by | Euan Bennet Tony McAllister (national) |
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| Paralympic finals | Sochi Winter Paralympics 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 5th in Slalom, 5th in Giant Slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Millie Knight (born 15 January 1999) is a Paralympic athlete and student who competes at international level for ParalympicsGB in alpine skiing in the slalom and giant slalom events with a sighted guide, currently Brett Wild. When Knight was one year old, she contracted toxocariasis, diagnosed at age three, and which resulted in the loss of most of her vision by the age of six. She joined the Great Britain paralympic skiing team in 2012, and progressed to compete at international-level events. Knight and Ferrier have competed together since February 2013, winning several times. Knight was the flagbearer at the 2014 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, her debut Paralympics, in Sochi where, at the age of 15, she was the youngest person ever to compete for ParalympicsGB at the Winter Paralympic games.
Knight was born on 15 January 1999 in Canterbury, Kent. She lived on a farm with many animals, and at the age of one, she contracted the disease toxocariasis. When Knight was three, doctors examining her eyes noticed scars on her right retina. A few trips to Great Ormond Street resulted in a diagnosis of toxocariasis, a condition developed when humans, most often young children, inadvertently consume the eggs of Toxocara, a roundworm parasite found in cat and dog faeces, which can in turn contaminate soil. The parasites, in rare circumstances such as Knight's, migrate into the eyes, leading to vision problems. Her retina was treated with steroids and regular antibiotics. The disease was dormant until she was six, when she lost much of her vision, resulting in her being only partially sighted; in her left eye she has 10-20% peripheral vision, and in her right eye she has 5%.
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