Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Samantha Kinghorn (born 6 January 1996) is a Scottish wheelchair racer.In December 2010 Kinghorn was crushed by snow and ice breaking her back. She had emergency surgery and spent five months in hospital. The injury to her spine left her paralysed from the waist down. While in the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southern General Hospital her physiotherapist took her to Stoke Mandeville to try out disability sports, leading to her taking up wheelchair racing.She is part of the Glasgow disability sports club Red Star, where she is coached by Ian Mirfin. She is classified as a T53 para-athlete.Kinghorn's first race was the 2012 London Mini Marathon, where she came second. Since then she has won many medals in domestic competitions and set Scottish records in the 100m and 200m. In 2013 Kinghorn was one of the first competitors to be named in the Scotland squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She was chosen to be an athlete ambassador for Harper MacLeod and a short promotional film was made of her preparations for the Games. In the buildup to the Games, Kinghorn was named Glasgow's Disabled Athlete of the Year. At the Commonwealth Games she took part in the T54 1500m, and after qualifying third in her heat, she placed fifth in the final.Kinghorn represented Team GB at the 2014 IPC European Championships in Swansea where she won Britain's first gold medal in the T53 Women's 400m and went on to win further golds over 100m and 800m.Samantha Kinghorn has qualified to take part in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro."@en }
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- Samantha_Kinghorn abstract "Samantha Kinghorn (born 6 January 1996) is a Scottish wheelchair racer.In December 2010 Kinghorn was crushed by snow and ice breaking her back. She had emergency surgery and spent five months in hospital. The injury to her spine left her paralysed from the waist down. While in the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southern General Hospital her physiotherapist took her to Stoke Mandeville to try out disability sports, leading to her taking up wheelchair racing.She is part of the Glasgow disability sports club Red Star, where she is coached by Ian Mirfin. She is classified as a T53 para-athlete.Kinghorn's first race was the 2012 London Mini Marathon, where she came second. Since then she has won many medals in domestic competitions and set Scottish records in the 100m and 200m. In 2013 Kinghorn was one of the first competitors to be named in the Scotland squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She was chosen to be an athlete ambassador for Harper MacLeod and a short promotional film was made of her preparations for the Games. In the buildup to the Games, Kinghorn was named Glasgow's Disabled Athlete of the Year. At the Commonwealth Games she took part in the T54 1500m, and after qualifying third in her heat, she placed fifth in the final.Kinghorn represented Team GB at the 2014 IPC European Championships in Swansea where she won Britain's first gold medal in the T53 Women's 400m and went on to win further golds over 100m and 800m.Samantha Kinghorn has qualified to take part in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.".
- Q17475006 abstract "Samantha Kinghorn (born 6 January 1996) is a Scottish wheelchair racer.In December 2010 Kinghorn was crushed by snow and ice breaking her back. She had emergency surgery and spent five months in hospital. The injury to her spine left her paralysed from the waist down. While in the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southern General Hospital her physiotherapist took her to Stoke Mandeville to try out disability sports, leading to her taking up wheelchair racing.She is part of the Glasgow disability sports club Red Star, where she is coached by Ian Mirfin. She is classified as a T53 para-athlete.Kinghorn's first race was the 2012 London Mini Marathon, where she came second. Since then she has won many medals in domestic competitions and set Scottish records in the 100m and 200m. In 2013 Kinghorn was one of the first competitors to be named in the Scotland squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She was chosen to be an athlete ambassador for Harper MacLeod and a short promotional film was made of her preparations for the Games. In the buildup to the Games, Kinghorn was named Glasgow's Disabled Athlete of the Year. At the Commonwealth Games she took part in the T54 1500m, and after qualifying third in her heat, she placed fifth in the final.Kinghorn represented Team GB at the 2014 IPC European Championships in Swansea where she won Britain's first gold medal in the T53 Women's 400m and went on to win further golds over 100m and 800m.Samantha Kinghorn has qualified to take part in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.".