Jonathan Broom-Edwards: “'Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins' changed my mental resilience” (VIDEO)
In preparation for the 2024 Paralympics athlete Jonathan Broom-Edwards has shared his training regime and mindset as he embarks on a third consecutive Games.
Speaking to Loughborough Sport about his experience on reality television's 'Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins', Jonathan said: “[It] completely transformed my mental resilience and resolve. I discovered things that I didn’t know I was capable of, and I transcended pain during that experience.”
He also credited the TV experience in benefitting his athletics training, as the T44-classified high-jumper hopes to add to his medal haul in Paris, having previously secured a gold medal at Tokyo 2020 and a silver at Rio 2016.
Broom-Edwards also describes his personal experience of competing in Tokyo, stressing the importance of maintaining a clear headspace and narrow focus to succeed.
“The Tokyo Games were very unique, we didn’t have an audience like we’re going to have for Paris 2024, so I’m looking forward to having the crowd,” he added.
Going into Paris as the defending champion, he spoke of the added pressure to perform: “I’m relishing in it because I feel I have it in me to do better than I have done before.”
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It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings – the eighth year running – and University of the Year for Sport by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2022.
Loughborough is ranked 6th in The UK Complete University Guide 2025, 10th in the Guardian University League Table 2024 and 10th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’, and in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 over 90% of its research was rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
In preparation for the 2024 Paralympics athlete Jonathan Broom-Edwards has shared his training regime and mindset as he embarks on a third consecutive Games.
Speaking to Loughborough Sport about his experience on reality television's 'Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins', Jonathan said: “[It] completely transformed my mental resilience and resolve. I discovered things that I didn’t know I was capable of, and I transcended pain during that experience.”
He also credited the TV experience in benefitting his athletics training, as the T44-classified high-jumper hopes to add to his medal haul in Paris, having previously secured a gold medal at Tokyo 2020 and a silver at Rio 2016.
Broom-Edwards also describes his personal experience of competing in Tokyo, stressing the importance of maintaining a clear headspace and narrow focus to succeed.
“The Tokyo Games were very unique, we didn’t have an audience like we’re going to have for Paris 2024, so I’m looking forward to having the crowd,” he added.
Going into Paris as the defending champion, he spoke of the added pressure to perform: “I’m relishing in it because I feel I have it in me to do better than I have done before.”
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings – the eighth year running – and University of the Year for Sport by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2022.
Loughborough is ranked 6th in The UK Complete University Guide 2025, 10th in the Guardian University League Table 2024 and 10th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’, and in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 over 90% of its research was rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
