The swimming star who’s won two gold medals — despite not being able to hear the starting whistle
5 December 2017
Twenty one-year-old Danielle Joyce is profoundly deaf in one ear and severely deaf in the other. But having swum competitively since the age of seven, she’s determined not to let this disability prevent her from achieving her goals.
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