{"id":4931,"date":"2019-12-17T15:44:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2019-12-17T15:53:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T15:53:27","slug":"kent-sport-member-stories-inspirational-triumphs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/kent-sport-member-stories-inspirational-triumphs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Sport member stories: inspirational triumphs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we start a new year looking forward to how we can be successful within ourselves, we also take inspiration in those around us. We each choose to be successful in certain areas of our lives whether it&#8217;s in our studies, work or extracurricular activities.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, we spoke to four individuals who shared their fitness journey with Kent Sport. From injuries to championships to getting back to sport, each person&#8217;s story relayed how they enriched their lives further through sport and fitness.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Rebecca Barton-Hagger<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kent Sport scholar \u2013 Karate<\/h4>\n<p>Rebecca Barton-Hagger&#8217;s story is all about her journey through the karate world and her time at the University of Kent. She&#8217;s gone far and wide to gain her international reputation within karate. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unikentsports\/videos\/2416381288604403\/\">View her story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Oliver Daws<\/strong><br \/>\nKent Sport scholar \u2013 Golf<\/h4>\n<p>After suffering a traumatic injury, Oliver has endeavoured to keep his sporting career moving forward. <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/unikentsports\/videos\/478751546061191\">View his story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Shun Chang<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom Let&#8217;s Play to Premium Plus member<\/h4>\n<p>Shun Chang was a frequent Let&#8217;s Play participant that wanted more from his university experience. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unikentsports\/videos\/360489731454401\/\">View his story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Patrick Stillman<\/strong><br \/>\nKent Sport scholar \u2013 Fencing<\/h4>\n<p>Discovering fencing at a fairly young age, Patrick Stillman has made the most out of his university experience by juggling his studies and his passion for sport. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unikentsports\/videos\/1396689683817073\/\">View his story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Share your journey with us<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Whatever your triumphs are, share your fitness journey with Kent Sport \u2013 we want to hear it all!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to share your stories, please get in touch with our Marketing team at <strong>sportsenquiries@kent.ac.uk<\/strong>. Or drop us a DM on our various social media channels <strong>@UniKentSport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we start a new year looking forward to how we can be successful within ourselves, we also take inspiration in those around us. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/kent-sport-member-stories-inspirational-triumphs\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5725,"featured_media":4942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4946,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions\/4946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}