Mel Nicholls

Melissa Nicholls (born 17 July 1977) is a British wheelchair athlete specialising in middle-distance events in the T34 classification. Nicholls competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in the 800m at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Personal history Nicholls was born in Worcester in 1977.

Nicholls was involved in a serious car accident which left her with heart complications. In April 2009 doctors discovered a hole in her heart for which she underwent corrective surgery.

Career history Nicholls first wheelchair race was at Stoke Gifford at an open event in 2010.

In 2019, Nicholls set a new world record, handcycling from Land's End to John O'Groats in under seven days. In 2021, she undertook a 75-day, 4,800-mile handcycle journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, starting and finishing in her hometown of Tewkesbury, and raising £1,590 for Ovarian Cancer Action.