An intrepid couple who completed all 102 Olympic sports during the Tokyo games have been made MBEs. University of Bristol student Charlotte Nichols and window cleaner Stuart Bates raised more than £150,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
The charity helped Stuart’s brother Spencer ‘Spenny’ Bates, who died from the disease in 2011, aged 49. Ms Nichols and Mr Bates named their epic challenge the ‘Spennylympics’ and set out to raise £10,000.
They had to rock climb, horse ride, pole vault and sail and completed a triathlon, a 50km speed walk, a 10km swim and a 240km road cycle. As they ticked off sports over the 17 days of Tokyo 2020 last year, their challenge went viral.
