Quadriplegic hero dies at 46

– Hilary Lister, a quadraplegic who became the first disabled woman to sail solo round Britain in 2009, has died aged 46, her charity Hilary’s Dream Trust announced yesterday.

Lister – who was born able-bodied but suffered from the degenerative condition reflex sympathetic dystrophy – became paralysed from the neck down aged just 27.

The Oxford University graduate started sailing in 2003.

She was the Sunday Times Sportswoman-of-theYear in 2007. –

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