“When I saw that, I really wanted to give that a go. So that’s when I first tried out with wheelchair racing.”
Fellow Scot Kinghorn is a three-time world champion and the 30-year-old won Paralympic gold in the T53 100m class in Paris two years ago.
“Wheelchair racing offers so much in the way of challenges, goals and ambitions,” Robertson suggested. “I never was competitive, but it was when I became injured that I got the challenge.
“I thought, ‘oh, I want to see what I can do wheelchair racing’. I haven’t looked back since. I’ve done a lot of road races and then challenged the track work.
“My coach, Philip Owens, has been keeping me on the right track. It’s been a tremendous journey.
“I have been doing a lot of the marathon races where I went and competed in the London Marathon, Shanghai Marathon. I competed abroad in Switzerland quite a few times. This year, we were down in Australia for their summer, which was incredible.
“I’m very privileged and lucky to be able to do the sport that I love full-time as well.”
She says representing her homeland in Scotland this year will be a career highlight, with Robertson selected along with compatriots and fellow wheelchair racers Sean Frame and Ben Sandilands.
“It’s such a prideful moment to be able to put on the colours of your home and to represent your homeland,” Robertson said. “It was a big day for me when I got that vest.
“To have my friends and family so close by as well and cheering us on. It will always give that extra push as well that every athlete needs.
“We’re ramping up the training, making sure we’ve got loads of the sprints and the speed endurance in there as well and aiming for gold if we can.
“That’s the plan. Is it realistic? Oh, we’ll make it realistic.”
Prior to becoming a full-time athlete, Robertson worked for the charity Spinal Injury Scotland.
“I wanted to help support those who are newly injured because it’s a whole new world for people,” she said. “I hope now I can be the inspiration that I needed when I was first injured and when I was first getting into the sport.
“I hope to give back what I gained from the other top athletes.”
