Jade Will Fly the Flag for Lincoln at the Winter Games
News release 23rd January 2014A Lincoln graduate and trainee teacher will be flying the flag for GB at the Winter Paralympic Games next month. Jade Etherington (22), who graduated from Bishop Grosseteste University two years ago with a degree in Education and Geography, has been included in the Paralympics team to compete in Sochi. Born with glaucoma and Axenfeld Syndrome – a rare eye disorder – Jade has less than 5% vision in each eye. She is Britain’s number one visually impaired alpine speed event ski racer, winning a bronze medal in the 2013 World Championships and reaching