Maria Lyle's Paralympic Success
- Submitted by: Martin Whitfield, South Scotland, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 August 2021
- Motion reference: S6M-00968
That the Parliament warmly congratulates Dunbar’s Maria Lyle on winning Great Britain’s first athletics medal of the Tokyo Paralympics; notes that Maria won bronze in the T35 100m, crossing the line in a season's best time of 14.18 seconds; acknowledges that Tokyo is her second Paralympic Games, and that she previously brought home a silver and two bronze medals from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, and wishes Team GB all the best for the Games.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Jackie Baillie, Neil Bibby, Miles Briggs, Stephanie Callaghan, Donald Cameron, Foysol Choudhury, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Russell Findlay, Fiona Hyslop, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Douglas Lumsden, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Edward Mountain, Paul O'Kane, Colin Smyth, Collette Stevenson, Paul Sweeney