Jamie Morris
Jamie Morris.
Jamie Morris was an active and sporty child who was always involved in several team sports. He always had a passion for sports and played football at an amateur level from 7-16 years old for for Craven Arms, Ludlow, and had trials with Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion.
In 2006, at just 17 years old, Jamie suffered a life changing injury whilst driving back from football training - just 5 days before Christmas. Jamie was involved in a serious car accident which left him with a broken collar bone, 4 smashed ribs, punctured lung and a severed spinal cord which paralyzed Jamie from the waist down. Jamie became a full-time wheelchair user.
Jamie’s rehabilitation process included a week in intensive care and then 6 months in a specialist spinal unit. That was when he started to accept his injuries and focused on rebuilding his life. After leaving the hospital, Jamie became a mentor working for a charity which supports people with spinal injuries and was tasked with visiting newly injured children and adults. Jamie used his experiences to support, mentor, coach and teach wheelchair skills to other patients to assist and prepare them in leaving the hospital.
After leaving the hospital and completing his own rehabilitation, Jamie was keen to start work again and progress his new life. He restarted his career to work for a local multimillion pound company, Britpart in their sales department.
Jamie decided to go back to a sport he loved by joining a successful men’s football team , Ludlow Town Football Club as an Assistant Manager, winning multiple leagues and trophies.
Jamie is very proud that he has maintained his fitness and physique over the last 17 years: taking part in adaptive rowing, wheelchair basketball, tennis and regularly visiting the gym. He feels blessed to be able to participate in many racing events, using his a wheelchair, within the UK and Dubai.
Jamie recently became a Touch mentor for the kids within the Touch community in Dubai. He is highly motivated to share his story in the hope that it can show and inspire others. Jamie thrives on supporting others who have also suffered a life changing injury to prove to them that life does continue and that there are so many opportunities beyond a disability.
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