IKO PLC has announced that its new IKO Ambassador will be Birmingham born Paralympian tennis player, Jordanne Whiley MBE.
A tennis player since the age of three years old, Jordanne went on to become Britain’s youngest ever women’s single wheelchair tennis champion at the age of 14.
Since then, Jordanne has gone on to win a total of 10 Grand Slam titles, two bronze medals at the Paralympics and even won the Wimbledon ladies’ wheelchair doubles final in 2017 while 11 weeks’ pregnant. After the birth of her son Jackson in January last year, Jordanne was unsure whether she would return to a competitive tennis career, but was inspired by fellow athlete Serena Williams’ impressive comeback.
Jordanne is now aiming to compete in the 2020 Paralympic Games and has won her first tournament already, the Tennis Foundation National Wheelchair Tennis Championships, less than a year after giving birth.
IKO PLC will be supporting Jordanne throughout 2019 and has said she is someone who encompasses IKO PLC’s ethos of ‘Pushing Limits’.
