Barbara Joscelyne

Barbara Joscelyne

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1959-05-09) 9 May 1959 Bishop's Stortford, England
Medal record Athletics Representing  Great Britain Paralympic Games 1980 Arnhem Women's 100m E 1980 Arnhem Women's 400m E 1980 Arnhem Women's long jump E 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Women's discus A6 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Women's 100m A6 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Women's shot put A6

Barbara Roach (née Joscelyne, born 9 May 1959 in Bishop's Stortford, England) is a British Paralympian athlete. In the 1980 Summer Paralympics she won the gold medal in the E category 100m, 400 metres, and long jump. In 1984, competing in the A6 category, she won the gold medal in discus and a silver medal for the 100m and shot put.

She married Roy Roach in 1990 and went on to having three children: Katharine, Helen and Patrick.

She currently works at the Hertfordshire and Essex High School and Science College in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.

External links

• Barbara Joscelyne at the International Paralympic Committee