![]() ![]() ![]() In 1967, he began using plasticine as a medium, to create sculptures of animals, people and landscapes and won a local art show at 6 years old. From age 6 he would throw anything and everything from stones and sticks to apples and snowballs which continues on today, even in his late -50s.īradstock also had an obsession and passion with art from early on. But it was ability to throw a javelin where he really excelled and rapidly rose to a national level.ĭespite the medical issues Bradstock was having it did not dampen his love of sports, especially throwing things. He became a competitive school and district level swimmer and a county level weightlifter. Instead he took up swimming, power-lifting, Olympic-lifting and javelin throwing. ![]() He was not allowed to play rugby at school. His parents, Basil and Mary, were advised by doctors that he should not play any contact sports, for fear that he could become paralyzed if he was hit in the wrong place. For the next 8 years he was monitored closely and had regular hospital visits to monitor his condition to determine if and when he would need a shunt put in. He was diagnosed with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus ( water on the brain ). His mother, who was a nurse, also noticed his head was growing disproportionately fast to the rest of his body. A few months later he was taken to hospital after he continued to get severe headaches. In 1968 he became inspired to become an Olympian as he watched the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games on the BBC. JSTOR ( August 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īradstock was born on April 24, 1962, in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, England.Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. ![]()
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