A paracanoeist who lives and trains in Nottingham has opened up about his battle with cancer just weeks after winning medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and world championships. Stuart Wood, 28, who lives in Cropwell Bishop, trains at Holme Pierrepont, the National Water Sports Centre, and won bronze at the Paralympics and then a silver at the world championships in Copenhagen in 2021.
Stuart's disability is congenital, as he was born without a tibia in one of his legs and had to have a leg amputated before he was a one-year-old. But all he did growing up was try his hand at every sport he could.
That eventually led him to take up paracanoeing, where he has represented Great Britain at the Paralympics and world championships. Weeks after winning the medals, he was diagnosed with cancer after finding a lump on the back of his neck.
