Martine Wright

Martine Wiltshire
(also known as Martine Wright)

Great Britain
League	Paralympics
Personal information
Born	(1972-09-30) 30 September 1972 London
Nationality	GBR
Career information
College	East London
Playing career	2007–present
Career highlights and awards
2012 BBC Sports Personality Helen Rollason Award

Martine Wiltshire, maiden name Martine Wright (born in London, on 30 September 1972), is a British sitting volleyball player.

Wright lost both of her legs in the Aldgate underground explosion in the 7/7 London bombings in 2005. She lost 80% of the blood in her body and was in a coma for ten days and had to undergo ten months of surgery following the injury.

As part of her rehabilitation she played wheelchair tennis before focusing on sitting volleyball. Wright was an initial member of the Great Britain women's squad which began playing together in late 2009, making her debut at the 2010 Kent International tournament against Paralympic Champions, China. In July 2012 she was picked to represent Great Britain's women's sitting volleyball team at the sitting volleyball event in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Personal life

Wright gained a degree in Psychology and Communication Studies from the University of East London in 1996. After the 7/7 bombings she campaigned for better compensation for victims of the bombings and their families and has been an ambassador for sport for the disabled.