Judith Hamer

Judith Hamer (born 3 December 1990) is a 4.0 point British wheelchair basketball player who represented Great Britain at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games. She won a Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Award for bravery and trekked across the Andes Mountains in Ecuador as part of a reality television show, Beyond Boundaries.

Biography Judith Hamer was born in Plymouth on 3 December 1990, She won a Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Award for bravery. A few months later, she hiked across the Andes Mountains in Ecuador as part of a reality television show, Beyond Boundaries. She played with the national side at the European championships, at which they won bronze. They went on to win bronze again in 2011, 2013 and 2015. The British team produced its best ever performance at the Paralympics, making it to the semi-finals, but lost to the United States, and then the bronze medal match to the Netherlands.

Personal life Hamer is engaged to Lauren Rowles, a parasport rower.

Achievements 2009: Bronze at European Wheelchair Basketball Championship (Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom) 2014: Fifth at the World Wheelchair Basketball Championship (Toronto, Canada) 2016: Fourth at the 2016 Summer Paralympics (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 2018: Silver at the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship (Hamburg, Germany)