Team GB.com Publishes 'Dear Seonaid' Article

The Team GB website have today published the latest in their new series of articles where athletes write a letter a point in history of their younger selves. In this article, Seonaid writes a letter to her 17-year-old self just months after the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, when life was full of uncertainty and doubt. It’s a letter full of lessons and candid reflections on one of the moments that made her who she is today and well worth a read:

Dear Seonaid

She is the daughter of four-time Commonwealth Games medallist Shirley McIntosh MBE and Donald McIntosh, both former international shooters, and younger sister of two-time Commonwealth champion Jen McIntosh. When she was 17, Seonaid was shopping with her mum in Stirling when she first experienced a sharp pain in her toe.