Scott Meenagh

==Early life and Army career==

==Early life and Army career==

Meenagh is from [[Cumbernauld]], Scotland and went to [[Cumbernauld Academy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gbsnowsport.com/any-regard-for-your-own-welfare-is-out-the-window-scott-meenagh/ |title="ANY REGARD FOR YOUR OWN WELFARE IS OUT THE WINDOW" – SCOTT MEENAGH |publisher=GB Snowsport |accessdate=16 February 2023}}</ref> He played [[rugby union]] for Scotland under-18s.<ref name=BBC/>

Meenagh is from [[Cumbernauld]], Scotland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gbsnowsport.com/any-regard-for-your-own-welfare-is-out-the-window-scott-meenagh/ |title="ANY REGARD FOR YOUR OWN WELFARE IS OUT THE WINDOW" – SCOTT MEENAGH |publisher=GB Snowsport |accessdate=16 February 2023}}</ref> He played [[rugby union]] for Scotland under-18s.<ref name=BBC/>

Meeangh served in the [[British Army]] [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]], and was deployed to Afghanistan.<ref name=Herald>{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23282680.meenagh-shows-make-second-chance-life/ |title=Meenagh shows how to make most of a second chance at life |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |date=28 January 2023 |accessdate=16 February 2023}}</ref> In 2011, he lost both of his legs after stepping on an [[improvised explosive device]] in [[Helmand Province]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland/42723337 |title=Winter Paralympics 2018: Scott Meenagh on losing his legs and finding a purpose |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=21 January 2018 |accessdate=16 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=Record>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/paralympic-athlete-inspires-kids-talk-14096571 |title=Paralympic athlete inspires kids with talk on his recovery from leg-loss horror |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |date=6 March 2019 |accessdate=16 February 2023}}</ref> He was rehabilitated at [[Headley Court]],<ref name=EADT>{{cite news |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21515393.the-fire-belly-lit---essex-paratrooper-scott-meenagh-hopes-paralympic-glory-para-nordinc-skiing/ |title='The fire in my belly was lit' – Essex paratrooper Scott Meenagh hopes for Paralympic glory in Para-Nordinc skiing |work=[[East Anglian Daily Times]] |date=12 January 2018 |accessdate=16 February 2023}}</ref> and now uses [[prosthetic limbs]].<ref name=BBC/> Meenagh was a spectator of the [[Paralympic Nordic skiing]] events at the [[2014 Winter Paralympics]] in [[Sochi]], Russia.<ref name=Herald/>

Meeangh served in the [[British Army]] [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]], and was deployed to Afghanistan.<ref name=Herald>{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23282680.meenagh-shows-make-second-chance-life/ |title=Meenagh shows how to make most of a second chance at life |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |date=28 January 2023 |accessdate=16 February 2023}}</ref> In 2011, he lost both of his legs after stepping on an [[improvised explosive device]] in [[Helmand Province]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland/42723337 |title=Winter Paralympics 2018: Scott Meenagh on losing his legs and finding a purpose |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=21 January 2018 |accessdate=16 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=Record>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/paralympic-athlete-inspires-kids-talk-14096571 |title=Paralympic athlete inspires kids with talk on his recovery from leg-loss horror |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |date=6 March 2019 |accessdate=16 February 2023}}</ref> He was rehabilitated at [[Headley Court]],<ref name=EADT>{{cite news |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21515393.the-fire-belly-lit---essex-paratrooper-scott-meenagh-hopes-paralympic-glory-para-nordinc-skiing/ |title='The fire in my belly was lit' – Essex paratrooper Scott Meenagh hopes for Paralympic glory in Para-Nordinc skiing |work=[[East Anglian Daily Times]] |date=12 January 2018 |accessdate=16 February 2023}}</ref> and now uses [[prosthetic limbs]].<ref name=BBC/> Meenagh was a spectator of the [[Paralympic Nordic skiing]] events at the [[2014 Winter Paralympics]] in [[Sochi]], Russia.<ref name=Herald/>