Cambridgeshire athlete Charlotte Cox will have the support of her whole village when she goes for gold at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens.
The 20-year-old had to raise £2,000 pounds in order to be able to compete in Athens and did so with the help of her village community in Toft.
“We had an auction of promises locally, and the whole community rose to the occasion,” her father David told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
“It’s been a real team effort, particularly within the local village”.
The College of West Anglia student is accustomed to success, after picking up four gold medals at last year’s World Championships in Athletics for People with Down’s Syndrome in Mexico.
Cox, who trains at Cambridge and Coleridge Athletics Club, is set to compete in 100m, 200m, the relay and long jump at the Special Olympics, the largest sporting event in the world for people with a learning disability.
And despite her commitment to a range of disciplines, she is aiming high.
