Stephanie is a Paralympic swimmer who was diagnosed with MS at age 17.
She was named ‘Inspiration of the Year’ at the MS Society Awards in 2012 after her success at the London Paralympics. Stephanie has since achieved her dream by winning two gold medals at the Rio Paralympics in 2016. She's one of our MS Society Ambassadors, sharing her story to help raise awareness of MS.
In October 2021 our Ambassador and Paralympian Stephanie Millward MBE announced her retirement from international swimming. Stephanie reflects on her fourth and final Paralympic Games and what the future holds.
Paralympic swimmer and MS Society Ambassador Stephanie Millward MBE on her diagnosis, the difficult years that followed and how she learned it’s good to talk.