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Andy MacLeod Adaptive Adventure

Team GB Athlete. Amputee. Instructor. Motivational Speaker.

After losing my right leg below the knee in a road accident on my bicycle in 2011, I haven't lost my sense of adventure and I'm exploring what is still possible!

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Para-Perspective

I've had a very unique experience in life and wish to share my experiences to help others through similar situations and help in the development of their support back to activity.

 

What's here

On this site you can find video posts of my different adventures as well as informative videos and blog posts looking at my experience using different prosthetic legs for different activities. Be sure to Like and Follow my Facebook page for more regular short posts.

 Along my journey I have met many people on all sides of the amputee world, I am happy to be contacted for further information or anything you think I may be able to help with or at least point you in the direction of someone who can.

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Most of my posts will be related to my current position on the Great British Para Snowboard team, training for and competing across Europe in the Europa Cup and FIS competitons, working towards the 2022 Beijing Paralympics!

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Other posts will be made on mountain biking and other sports as and when I get the opportunity to take part in them.

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I would like to thank my sponsors for enabling me to begin this amazing opportunity. Thank you to ISUZU Motors UK for their financial support and GoPro cameras; to Watermans Claims and Care for supporting me through all 6 years of my compensation case and since with the purchase of a race specific snowboard to compete with and to Charles MacLeod Stornoway Black Pudding for my practice board; to Harris Tweed Hebrides for their financial backing and to Rarebird Design Harris Tweed garment manufacturer for their financial support and their lovely scarves to keep me warm and stylish on the slopes! 

 

Achievements to date

Milestones on my journey

 

Ben Nevis

March 3rd 2012

Before the anniversary date of the accident I was supported by 12 friends to summit the highest mountain in the UK, raising £2000 for the Mountain Rescue Service and Royal National Lifeboat Institution in the process. It was truly a day of all four seasons! I was reported on in several news outlets including the STV news.

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Olympic Torch Relay

June 12 2012

I was very privileged to be nominated for and carry the Olympic Flame through Forfar. I am very thankful to all the people who supported me in becoming a Cuture Flame with Coka-Cola. I was invited to take part in the Hyde Park celebrations concert in London where I was interviewed by Sir Johnathan Edwards on the big screen in front of 60,000 people!

Swedish Triathlon

Tjorn, September 2012

What can you say when someone invites you to 3 days in Sweden, all expenses paid. All I had to do was cycle 90km as part of a triathlon team sponsored by prosthetic leg manufacturer Ossur! Easier said than done but we completed it and have the medals to prove it!

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Held the Commonwealth Baton

July 6th 2014

I had the privilege of carrying the Queens Commonwealth Games Baton in Aberfoyle where I had the lucky slot before lunchtime, which meant I was able to hold the baton and engage with the public for 45 mins in addition to my run with it! During this time I was Interviewed by STV news and took part in a little Highland dancing with a pipe band as well as posing for many photographs with people!

Graduated University

September 29th, 2015

Ba. Adventure Tourism Management at the University of the Highlands and Islands, West Highland College Fort William campus. A great course with a wide range of opportunities in the adventure sport industry, in the perfect location of the Scottish Highlands. I gained qualifications in mountain bike leadership and first aid alongside the course, gaining lots of experience utilising them with Active Schools as work experience.

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Snowboard Instructor

August 18th 2017

I took a trip to New Zealand to begin my career as a snowboard instructor and qualified as an NZSIA Level 1 instructor through Basecamp who run great qualification courses all over the world in a range of sports.

Joined Team GB

October 2017

This year I qualified to join the GBX Snowboard Cross residential training camp in Austria for 6 months, being coached five days a week and competing in the FIS competitions across Europe in the 2017/18 season. My first step on the official ladder towards Beijing 2022!

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BECAME A BRITISH WORLD CUP CIRCUIT ATHLETE

January 6th 2019

Having joined the GB Para Snowboard team as an 'invitee' in November 2018, I did my first Banked Slalom race and finished 9th overall! This great result qualified me as a Team GB World Cup Athlete with support from UK Sport and the Scottish Institute for Sport

 

Life is 10% what happens to you, 90% how you deal with it!

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