From Depths to Medals: Vicky's Unlikely Journey Vicky Belando Nicholson's bronze medal in the women's 100m backstroke S9 event at the Commonwealth Games is a testament to her remarkable resilience.
Born on a refugee boat in the Mediterranean in 2008, Vicky's early life was marked by uncertainty and loss after her birth mother passed away.
She and her sister, Destiny, were eventually adopted by Ewan and Susana Nicholson. Despite growing up with fibular hemimelia, a condition that affects the lower leg, Vicky discovered an unlikely passion in swimming.