Kayleigh Haggo

Kayleigh Haggo (born 1 February 1999) is a Scottish boccia player, frame runner, and para swimmer. She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris in boccia in the women's individual and mixed team events.

Early life and education Haggo was born in Irvine and grew up in Ayr. Although she attended a mainstream school growing up, Haggo was not involved in school sports, as school staff were unsure how to accommodate her cerebral palsy.

She attended Ayrshire College, where she studied Coaching and Developing Sport. She also runs Inspire, an organization which serves disabled children and young adults involved with sport.

Para athletics Haggo began frame running at age 12, and would travel to Glasgow weekly to train. By age 13, she was competing internationally in the sport. She also attended the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as a spectator, which sparked her goal of competing at the Paralympics.

After several years as a para swimmer, Haggo returned to frame running in 2018, when the sport was taken up by World Para Athletics. In 2019, she won the inaugural women's 100m RR3 event at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai with a time of 18:32. She competed in the Scottish Championship a few months later.

Honours In 2017, YMCA Scotland named her on their list of 30 most inspiring women under 30.

In September 2024, Haggo was one of the hundred recipients of an Eric Liddell Pin Badge.

Personal life Haggo has quadriplegic cerebral palsy with dystonia.

She lived in Maybole with her mother as of 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, town residents raised money to buy Haggo equipment so she could train at her home.

Haggo plans to marry her fiancé, Kevin, in late 2024.