Tracey Hinton (born 19 March 1970) is a Paralympic athlete being visually impaired and classed as T11 in the Paralympic classification system. Born in

Cardiff Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca ...

and a member of

Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club (Cardiff AAC) (), is an athletics club in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium and comprises five sections, each specialising in a separate sport: track and field, road run ...

, Hinton has been blind since having cancer of the

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aged four which resulted in her losing her sight. She has won three silver and three bronze medals at Paralympic level. She competed in the

1992 Summer Paralympics The 1992 Summer Paralympics (; ) were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In addition, the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap were held immediately after the regular Paralymp ...

winning a silver medal in the 400m B1, a silver medal in the 200m B1 and a bronze medal in the 100m B1.

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saw her win bronze medals in the T11 200m and T11 400m and silver in the T12 800m. She is the 800 metres world record holder in her class with a time of 2mins:17.66secs. Hinton has been selected to compete in the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Sum ...

, her sixth games. She was chosen as captain of the women's athletics squad for

Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Great Britain competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012 as the host nation. A total of 288 athletes were selected to compete along with 13 other team members such as sighted guides. The c ...

. Hinton participated at the

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in the T11/T12 100m, qualifying for the final with a run of 13.79 seconds with her guide Stefan Hughes.

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* * Sportspeople from Cardiff Paralympic athletes for Great Britain 1970 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain World record holders in para-athletics Commonwealth Games athletes for Wales Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Welsh female sprinters British female sprinters Welsh female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners Welsh Paralympic competitors Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic sprinters Visually impaired sprinters Welsh blind people {{Wales-athletics-bio-stub