The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games came to a close last week with Scotland’s para athletes celebrating a fantastic haul of 12 medals won across 5 different sports. This total surpassed the 7 medals won at Glasgow 2014, making Birmingham 2022 Scotland’s most successful Games of all time from a para sport perspective.
31 para athletes were selected for Birmingham across seven sports, another all time record, making up 12% of Team Scotland. The 2022 Games were the most inclusive ever held with 46 medal events, meaning that Scottish athletes won 9% of all para sport medals.
Team Scotland took home an amazing 51 medal from the Games and the 12 medals won by para athletes accounted for 23.5% of this total. A real indication of the inclusive nature of Scottish sport and the commitment of Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport to ensuring equality of opportunity for performance athletes with disabilities.
SDS’s role in supporting the development of these athletes is also evident with 68% of the para athletes at Birmingham having been supported by SDS and its local Branches during their careers.
SDS would like to congratulate all 31 para athletes on their selection for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and would also wish to recognise the parents, coaches and support staff who have been such an import part of this success.
The breakdown of the statistics from Birmingham along with the full list of medal winners are as follows:
Statistics
Team Scotland was represented in 7 out of 8 para sports in Birmingham: athletics, basketball, cycling, lawn bowls, powerlifting, swimming and triathlon.
31 para athletes were selected to represent Team Scotland in Birmingham (12% of Team Scotland).
This was the largest number of para athletes competing for Team Scotland at a Commonwealth Games.
- 58% of the para athletes on Team Scotland were female
- 23% of the para team were blind or visually impaired
- 26% of the para team used a wheelchair for sports
- 32% of the para team were ambulant with a physical disability/li>
Birmingham 2022 was the most successful commonwealth Games for Scottish para athletes with 12 medals won.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
| Glasgow 2014 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Gold Coast 2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Birmingham 2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Team Scotland won a total of 51 medals in Birmingham with the Scottish para medals making up 23.5% of the total medal haul.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| Team Scotland Medals | 13 | 11 | 27 |
| Para Medals | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Para % of Total | 31% | 36.5% | 15% |
The breakdown of medals by sport was as follows:
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cycling | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Lawn Bowls | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Powerlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Triathlon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Medal Winners
Kevin Wallace & Garry Brown
- Gold – Lawn Bowls Para Men’s Pairs B6/B8
Rosemary Lenton & Pauline Wilson
- Gold – Lawn Bowls Para Women’s Pairs B6/B8
Robert Barr & Sarah Jane Ewing (Director) and Melanie Inness & George Miller (Director)
- Gold – Lawn Bowls Para Mixed Pairs B2/B3
Neil Fachie OBE & Lewis Stewart (Pilot)
- Gold – Para Track Cycling Men’s Tandem B – 1000m Time Trial
- Silver – Para Track Cycling Men’s Tandem Sprint B
Aileen McGlynn OBE & Ellie Stone (Pilot)
- Silver – Para Track Cycling Women’s Tandem Sprint B
- Bronze – Para Track Cycling Women’s Tandem B – 1000m Time Trial
Stephen Clegg
- Silver – Para Swimming Men’s 50m Freestyle
Sean Frame
- Silver – Para Athletics Men’s Marathon T53/54
Samantha Kinghorn MBE
- Bronze – Para Athletics Women’s 1500m T53/54
Toni Shaw
- Bronze – Para Swimming Women’s 100m Freestyle S9
Micky Yule
- Bronze – Para Powerlifting Men’s Heavyweight
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