Crawley Paralympians Jodie Grinham MBE and Katie George Dunlevy picked up the Pride of Crawley at the Community Awards 2025. Katie-George was born in Crawley and has lived here for most of her life.Katie’s Father, John, is from Mountcharles in County Donegal which is why she is in the Irish squad. Katie has been racing for Ireland since 2011 and is Ireland's most successful female Paralympian. Winning 4 Gold and 4 Silver Paralympic Medals. Jodie went to school in Crawley and lives in the town. She also is a multi-award winning Paralympian and became the first ever pregnant Paralympic medallist in Paris 2024 and has been awarded an MBE for services to archery. Both paralympian’s visit schools and sports clubs to encourage children to follow their dreams. That whatever disability or situation, they might find themselves in that makes life hard it is still possible to dream and with focus, determination and hard work to succeed.
