Military service Beighton joined the
British Army and undertook his
officer training at the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. On 16 December 2000, he was
commissioned into the
Royal Engineers as a
lieutenant with seniority from 13 December 2005. He was promoted to
captain on 16 June 2009. In October 2009, while on patrol in
Helmand Province in Afghanistan, Beighton stood on an improvised explosive device. His life was saved by an Army Medic, who kept him stable before being taken to medical facilities in
Camp Bastion.
Sporting career In February 2010, Beighton attended a Paralympic talent identification day at
Brunel University. It was there that he became aware that the British Paralympic squad were looking for a male Trunk and Arms rower. They finished third to take the bronze. In August, Beighton travelled to
Slovenia to compete in the
2011 World Rowing Championships, where he and Scowen finished 6th. They finished fourth at the London 2012 Paralympics, on the losing end of a
photo finish for the bronze medal. Beighton subsequently became a member of the British paracanoe squad and competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro where he won the bronze medal in the Men's KL2 canoe sprint. ==References==