Paralympian Millie Knight talks safety on the slopes

Millie Knight is a 19-year-old partially-sighted Paralympic athlete that competes internationally with her guide Brett Wild, in the alpine skiing slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom, super combined and downhill events.

Since her debut at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics, Millie has won many gold, silver and bronze medals, including 2 silver medals and a bronze medal at the recent 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

At the age of 6, Millie lost nearly all of her sight and is now left with 5-10% peripheral vision in her left eye, and 5% in her right which means she isn’t able to see where she’s going when she’s on the slopes.

uvex are proud to protect athletes like Millie and Brett with our high quality, lightweight and reliable equipment. The lens coating technology in Millie's goggles that ensures her the best possible vision while she is traveling 100km/h down the slopes is the same technology we use on our range of safety spectacles.

The uvex anti-fog coating is permanent and won't wash off, even after repeated cleaning. The lenses are also particularly easy to clean due to the nano clean effect and are less susceptible to dirt.

The environments our customers work in vary greatly, whether in an industrial workshop or on top of a snowy mountain. Athletes, like Millie and Brett, as well as industrial workers need to be able to concentrate fully on their job, safe in the knowledge that they are protected by their PPE.

uvex takes product development seriously, by researching the ergonomics of a product, harmonising product performance and the capabilities of the human body using high-tech materials, proven to perform even under the harshest conditions.