On Saturday, 28 August, former Truro School Pupil competed in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, narrowly missing out on a medal.

Fran Brown narrowly missed out on a medal after placing fourth in the Women's PTS2 Triathlon Event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Originally from Cornwall, Fran is now based in London.

She became World Para Climbing Champion in 2012 and 2014 and was an aerial acrobat in the 2012 Paralympics opening ceremony.

In 2015, Fran was selected to represent GB at the Adaptive Surfing World Championships in San Diego.

She switched to the Paralympic sport of triathlon in 2016.

In 2019 Fran became PTS2 World and European Champion and is now set to represent Paralympics GB at her first Paralympic games this summer.

Fran has a C4 incomplete spinal cord injury which affects the strength and control of movement in all four limbs.

Fran can run and cycle with the aid of leg braces.

Falmouth Packet: When she is not training or competing, Fran is a qualified physiotherapist and also works as a percussionist and session musician.When she is not training or competing, Fran is a qualified physiotherapist and also works as a percussionist and session musician.

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When she is not training or competing, Fran is a qualified physiotherapist and also works as a percussionist and session musician.

She currently works as a physiotherapist and professional percussionist, playing both tuned and Latin percussion as both a member of the British Para Orchestra and session musician.

She plays an adapted drum kit and works to support other disabled drummers in adapting their instruments.

Fran was in good spirits ahead of the competition.

She said: "the past 18 months since… [qualifying] for the games has been challenging with some health issues and then shielding during the pandemic, but I am happy to have made it to Tokyo and ultimately want to enjoy the race experience as much as possible."

At the event Fran missed out on a medal, coming fourth to winner A. Steely (USA), silver medalist H. Danz (USA) and bronze medalist V.Y. Plebani (Italy).

Andy Johnson, Truro School Head, said: "It is wonderful to see one of our former pupils representing Great Britain at such a prestigious event as the Paralympics.

"We are extremely proud of Fran.

"She is an inspiration to us all, and we wanted to say well done on this impressive result."