Claire Lomas MBE is a truly incredible lady. After a freak eventing accident in 2007, Claire became paralysed from the chest down, ending her eventing dreams and career as a chiropractor. Just the year before, she’d fulfilled a lifelong dream of competing at Burghley Horse Trials.
Career ending injuries, challenges, charity and being Claire Lomas MBE
Claire endured incredibly dark times following her injury, but she’s gone on to do some truly amazing things since!
Not only has Claire been awarded an MBE, she lit the Paralympic cauldron in 2012, and has raised over £800k for charity by undertaking challenges such as walking the London Marathon in a robotic suit, handcycling around the UK and more. Personally, she’s also got married and has had two gorgeous little girls- one who arrived just a few weeks before Claire was invited to Buckingham Palace to pick up her MBE!
Claire has also written a book about her journey (actually, she’s written two but the second is yet to be released!), now works as an inspirational speaker and fundraiser with her goal firmly set on raising one million pounds for charity, to help cure paralysis.
Claire kindly agreed to come on the podcast and chat about her journey just a few weeks before undertaking her second London Marathon. This time, instead of walking the London Marathon in her robotic suit, she’s going to push herself around in her wheelchair, clad head to toe in her motorbike leathers! In terms of support, she’s joined by two grid ‘girls’, as you’ll hear all about in this episode of the podcast.
Here, she tells us all about everything!
To find out more about Claire and her amazing journey, make sure you check out her website here.
