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Meet OU student and Paralympic medal winner Deborah Criddle

Deborah Criddle
Deb Criddle recently won a team Gold and two individual Silver medals in Equestrian at the Paralympics, London 2012. She is currently studying with the OU for a Natural Sciences degree and is simply an inspiration.

As a key speaker at the recent OU Disability Conference 2012, she shared her experiences as an athlete and how she copes with her disability day to day.






In the video find out how she juggles study and training and how the OU travels with her when competing, even in the form of rocks for a Geology project.

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