Nick Lovell
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Sport: Cerebral Palsy Football Age: 20 Club: Larkfield FC Key achievements:
Sporting ambition: He hopes to represent Great Britain at the Paralympics in Beijing and London. |
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Nick Lovell is the latest member of the Lovell family to make it big in the world of football.
The son of former Welsh international and Gillingham star striker Steve and brother of former Gills professional Mark is now making a name for himself on the international scene.
Nick became the first Medway elite athlete to attend the Team GB Pre-Olympic Games Training Camp in Macau, when he travelled to China in August 2007. He was selected alongside fellow potential members of the GB Paralympic cerebral palsy team as they prepared for the following summer's Beijing Games.
He is also a regular member of the England training squad that meets every two months at Lilleshall, the residential training camp and National Centre of Excellence, as well as training with regional FA coaches in London every few weeks.
His main focus is on competing for Great Britain in the Paralympic Games in London in 2012.
Nick, from Rainham, works as a community sports coach for Swale Council.