Josie Cichockyj

Josie Cichockyj
Personal information
Born	9 December 1964; Life partner
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Wheelchair racing, Wheelchair basketball
Disability	Spina bifida
Team	Manchester Mavericks
	Updated on 9 December 2014.

Josie Cichockyj (9 December 1964 – 2 December 2014) was a British wheelchair athlete. Born in Huddersfield, she competed in the London Marathon women's wheelchair race for a number of years, finishing as runner-up to Kay McShane and Karen Davidson, before winning the 1989 race.^[3] Josie won further Marathons including the Leeds, Gloucester, Ottawa and Brussels Marathons. Plus several half Marathons including Great North Run and Reading.

Career

Cichockyj took part in the

European Track Championships

in Belgium and Austria.

Cichockyj was

Atlanta, USA, gaining 6th Position (highest placed British team)^{[clarification needed]}. She won bronze medals in the 1995 European Championships in Delden, Holland, and the 1997 championships in Madrid, Spain, 1997. Josie competed in World Championships including Sydney

, Australia in 1998.

During the time Josie Cichockyj was competing at basketball she also competed in table tennis and became a National Champion and became a ranked tennis player playing on the ATP tour ITF Tennis Archived 26 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. She was also a ranked tennis player on the ATP World Wheelchair Tennis Tour

Cichockyj died on 2 December 2014 due to cancer.^[5]

Tennis

LTA National Doubles Winner
LTA National Singles Runner Up
NW of England Tournament, Division Winner
New York Indoor Tennis Championships, Singles Division Winner
Dallas Tennis Championships, Singles Division Winner
Israel Open Tennis Championships, Singles Division Winner

Table Tennis

1984 Paralympic selection
DSE National Singles Winner
DSE Doubles Single Winner
BTTAD Singles Winner

Awards

Alumni Fellowship Award Bolton University for Services to Sport
North West Achievement Award in recognition of work with Disabled People
Nominated Cheshire Women of the Year 1996
Nominated North of England YMCA Volunteer Award 1996
Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association Personality of the Year 1989
Nominated a finalist at the Winning Women Awards Ceremony 2001
DSE National Achievement Award for Services to Table Tennis

References

^ ^a ^b Atkinson, Neil (9 December 2014). "Obituary: Huddersfield Paralympics star Josie Cichockyj". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b Jepson, Anthony (3 December 2014). "Tributes paid to 'inspirational' Josie Cichockyj". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ "London Marathon History" (PDF). Flora London Marathon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
^ "Josie Cichockyj". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
^ Laura Hale (3 December 2014). "British wheelchair basketball player Josie Cichockyj dies". parasport-news.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.