Commonwealth Games Record
Commonwealth Medals
Gold
Silver
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0 Gold
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Sport
Weightlifting
Born
04.11.1994
Hope Gordon
Hope watched the Beijing Paralympics in 2008 from her bed in Yorkhill Children’s Hospital in Glasgow, little did the then 13-year-old know that, one day, she would not only be competing herself but would bring home a medal.
Hope was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) following years of pain in her left leg and elected to have the leg amputated in 2016 to improve her quality of life. Having begun in swimming, she moved to paracanoeing in 2018, making her international debut in her new sport in 2019.
Since then, she has won eight World Championship medals, two of which were gold, three European Championships medals, including one gold, and five World Cup medals, two of which gold, including gold in the VL3 events at all three competitions in the same season in 2025. She took silver at Paris 2024 behind ParalympicsGB team mate Charlotte Henshaw.
In 2022, she demonstrated the wide range of her talent by competing at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, becoming ParalympicsGB’s first ever female para Nordic skier, competing in the Cross Country Sprint and Middle Distance events.
She took up para powerlifting in June 2025 with the aim of competing on home soil under a Scottish flag for the first time, making her debut at the World Championships in 2025, just four months after taking up the sport. She will compete in the Women’s Heavyweight (over 61kg) event at Glasgow 2026.
Hope was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) following years of pain in her left leg and elected to have the leg amputated in 2016 to improve her quality of life. Having begun in swimming, she moved to paracanoeing in 2018, making her international debut in her new sport in 2019.
Since then, she has won eight World Championship medals, two of which were gold, three European Championships medals, including one gold, and five World Cup medals, two of which gold, including gold in the VL3 events at all three competitions in the same season in 2025. She took silver at Paris 2024 behind ParalympicsGB team mate Charlotte Henshaw.
In 2022, she demonstrated the wide range of her talent by competing at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, becoming ParalympicsGB’s first ever female para Nordic skier, competing in the Cross Country Sprint and Middle Distance events.
She took up para powerlifting in June 2025 with the aim of competing on home soil under a Scottish flag for the first time, making her debut at the World Championships in 2025, just four months after taking up the sport. She will compete in the Women’s Heavyweight (over 61kg) event at Glasgow 2026.