3D Avatar Render
The Athletes
Motion Disabled: Unlimited and the artist Simon Mckeown have been fortunate enough to work with some of Great Britain's most successful and famous Paralympic athletes. 3D motion capture of the athletes movement took place at Centroid's large feature film stage facility at Pinewood Studios in London. Each athlete was dressed and and had body markers attached to their major joint positions; approximately 45 in all. Specialised video cameras then captured the movement with huge precision and speed in 3 dimensions. This motion has then been applied to the simple representative avatars you see here.
Please select from the names below to find out more about the athletes featured as well as their view on their overall experience. Where possible we are adding relevant links to websites and other media.
Please Click on an athletes name to see more information and videos.
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Born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair. She is considered to be one of the most successful disabled athletes in the UK. |
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson______________________________________________________
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Took part in her first international competitive event was at the European Archery Championships in Nymburk in 2006. She reached the semi-finals of the Compound Bow Open Class. |
Danielle Brown ______________________________________________________
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Hannah started sailing at the age of three in a ‘Mirror Dinghy’ at her home club in Brightlingsea, Essex. Hannah is currently living in Weymouth preparing for the London 2012 Games, for which she was among the first five athletes to have their places in the Paralympics GB team confirmed one year ahead of the Games. |
Hannah Stodel______________________________________________________
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Has won the British championships twice and set British junior and European junior records. He is currently ranked number 2 in the world in the under 23 category. |
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Competed in the World Championships in the USA, his first-ever serious game of sitting volleyball against an outstanding Bosnia team in Zagreb, just four weeks after he had first heard of the sport. |
Anton Raimondo______________________________________________________
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Recent performances have cemented his position as one of Team GB’s most promising hopes in the lead up to the 2012 Paralympics. He is the current British Record holder in the F54 Shot Put and his recent throw of 9.72m places him third in the world and just 20cm shy of an ominous world record. |
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Javelin thrower and has competed in five Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in 1992 in Barcelona and gold in 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney a 2004 in Athens setting a new world record with a throw of 48.09 in the javelin. |
Kenny Churchill______________________________________________________
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Current captain of the GB mens sitting volleyball team and was recently tipped by SportsAid and Deloitte as a ‘podium potential’ for the London 2012 |
Rob Richardson______________________________________________________
