Lee Blaymire

Hometown
Age
Grimsby
25
Carrying the Flame through
Carrying the Flame on
Lee's nomination story

At the age of 16 he qualified for The English Schools Championships, held the Northern League title for 4 consecutive years, the first time in the history of long jump that it had happened. At the age of 19 he was offered a full scholarship to Florida State University, invited to the European U23 championships in which he won the silver 3 consecutive years before going onto winning the gold on the final year. This Gold made him the European U23 champion ranking him number 1 in the UK for the U23`s and ranking 8th in the country for all ages. In 2008 he regained his title for the Northern League and for the European U23`s and was then invited to the Olympic Trials for Beijing . Lee is part of the Belgrave Harriers Team. Lee also volunteers and does a lot of coaching in his own time

(Story as provided by the Torchbearer’s nominator)

Olympic Torch Relay
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