Mumbles Para‑rower Ben Pritchard Crowned Welsh Sports Personality of the Year

Mumbles para‑rower Ben Pritchard crowned Welsh Sports Personality of the Year

Golden hat‑trick for Mumbles star The 33‑year‑old from Mumbles stunned the sporting world with a hat‑trick of major titles — Paralympic gold in Paris, followed by European glory in Plovdiv and a world crown in Shanghai. It’s a meteoric rise for the former sailor and triathlete whose life changed forever in 2016 after a cycling crash left him paralysed from the ribcage down. From hospital bed to sporting hero Introduced to adaptive sport during h…

Paralympic champion Ben Pritchard wins top Welsh sports honour

The 33-year-old from Mumbles, near Swansea in south Wales, has been selected as the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year for 2025. The 2024 Paralympic champion completed a full set of major titles in 2025, adding both the European and world crowns to his name to achieve a notable hat-trick of gold medals. Pritchard comes from a sporting family. His father was a respected judoka and rugby player, while his mother played netball for the …