LIBBY'S STORY
Formerly a keen ballet dancer, Libby took up athletics aged 10, first competing in middle distance and cross country running before taking up sprinting.
She joined the Macclesfield Harriers Athletics Club in 1999, bursting onto the international scene aged 16 at the 2006 World Championships in Assen, the Netherlands, when she won a silver medal in the T12 200m.
In 2008 she was awarded third place in the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.
PARALYMPIC SUCCESS
Libby made her Paralympic debut in Beijing in 2008, winning a silver medal in the T12 100m.
At London 2012, Libby won her T12 100m heat in a world record time of 12.17 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals. In the final, Libby ran a time of 12.13 to set a new personal best and take the silver medal.
Libby began working with guide runner Chris Clarke in February 2016 and the pair claimed T11 100m and 200m gold at Rio 2016.
ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR
2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Brazil
T11 200m: Gold
T11 100m: Gold
2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon, France
T12 100m: Sliver
T12 200m: Sliver
2012 London Paralympic Games
T12 100m: Sliver
2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, China
T12 100m: Sliver
SWAPPING SPIKES FOR SKATES
In 2020, Libby took part in ITV's Dancing on Ice. Her partner Mark Hanretty was initially nervous competing with a visually impaired celebrity, but they found clever audible ways to train.
Together Libby and Mark reached the finals, and came an impressive 3rd place overall!