About Lucy Shuker
Lucy Jessica Shuker (born 28 May 1980) is a British wheelchair tennis player who is currently the highest ranked woman in the sport in Britain. A previous singles and doubles National Champion, Shuker has represented Great Britain at four successive Paralympic Games, twice winning a bronze medal in the women's doubles and is former world doubles champion and World Team Cup silver medallist amongst a number of other national and international successes. In 2008, she competed in the singles and doubles events for the first time in Wheelchair tennis at the Beijing Paralympics. Shuker made history at the London 2012 Paralympics alongside fellow Briton Jordanne Whiley when the pair became the first women to win a medal for Great Britain in wheelchair tennis, coming from match point down to secure bronze in the women's doubles event. Shuker and Whiley retained their bronze medal status in the women's wheelchair doubles at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. In 2016, Shuker won her first Doubles Masters title, partnering Diede de Groot to the title. Shuker was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to sport. On 8 November 2017, Shuker was awarded an honorary doctorate of arts from Bournemouth University.
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