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Jonny Paterson

Paralympic Footballer

  • About Jonny
    Jonathan is a Paralympic footballer with over ten years experience in the sport. Born with right-sided cerebral palsy, he's always been driven to prove doubters and bullies wrong. Jonathan captained the Paralympics GB team at his debut in Beijing 2008 and also competed at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.
  • Jonny's motto
    "Fail to prepare, prepare to fail."
  • Jonny's greatest achievement
    Captaining Scotland and going to 3 Paralympic Games
  • What next?
    Show this video to the children at least 2 weeks before your visit to introduce the event.

“Jonathan Paterson was very inspirational and the children were captured by what he was saying.”