Nick Beighton
Nick Beighton competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
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| Full name | Nicholas Beighton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29 September 1981 , England |
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paracanoe, Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | KL2 (paracanoe) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicholas Beighton (born 29 September 1981) is a British paracanoeist and former British Army officer. Beighton took up rowing as part of the rehabilitation programme after losing his legs during active service. He competed in the mixed scull with partner Samantha Scowen at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. He subsequently switched to the paracanoe discipline and won the bronze medal in the Men's KL2 canoe sprint at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Beighton was born in , England in 1981. At the age of seven his family moved to Shrewsbury where he attended Meole Brace School and later Shrewsbury Sixth Form College before matriculating to Sheffield University.
Beighton joined the British Army and undertook his officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. On 16 December 2000, he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers as a lieutenant with seniority from 13 December 2005. He was promoted to captain on 16 June 2009.
In October 2009, while on patrol in Helmand Province in Afghanistan, Beighton stood on an improvised explosive device. His life was saved by an Army Medic, who kept him stable before being taken to medical facilities in Camp Bastion. Beighton was placed in a medically induced coma and required 36 pints of blood during his initial treatment. Although his life was saved he lost both his legs in the attack.
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