Kenya-born British Paralympian, Anne Wafula Strike, has been honoured by the British government which has named a London train station after her.
The naming of the train station was done to coincide with the International Women’s Day - which was marked on March 8. The renaming project was initiated by Transport for London (TFL) and City of Women organisation to commemorate women achievers.
The project saw the Eppington Tube (underground railway) named after Wafula and involved re-imagining or recreating the London tube system and giving the various stations new names.
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Since her retirement from active sporting activities, Wafula has been an active defender of persons living with disabilities (PWDs).
She was previously named one of the six black athletes and changemakers in the United Kingdom.
The retired Paralympian is also the founder of Olympic Wafula Foundation, which promotes healthy-living solutions among PWDs and disadvantaged individuals.
Apart from her being a former wheelchair racer, she is also a disability and social justice activist.
She was rendered disabled after getting infected with polio. In the early 2000s, she moved to the UK where she rose to greatness in the world of athletics.
Her debut in the international racing scene came in 2004 at the Athens Paralympics and by 2008, she had won medals in 19 international and national competitions.
Another milestone she made was in 2013 when she became the first Paralympian in Europe to finish the “Tough Mudder Challenge”.
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