A Macclesfield car company have been inspired with visit from an Olympic medalist.

LSH Auto colleagues at Mercedes-Benz of Macclesfield have received a surprise visit from Olympic medal winner Bianca Walkden (30).

The Olympic medalist and Taekwondo triple World Champion has been an ambassador for LSH Auto since March 2021 and last week, took time out from her busy training schedule to visit its Mercedes-Benz dealership in Macclesfield.

Having recently represented Great Britain in Taekwondo at the Tokyo Olympics, Bianca secured a podium place, winning a Bronze Medal. The win complemented an impressive collection of medals and titles including a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics, three European Championship titles and three times World Grand Prix Final champion in her division.

Paul Smith, General Manager at Mercedes-Benz of Macclesfield said: "Bianca is a truly inspirational individual and the best in her field - an ideal motivator for our colleagues. She's also a lovely person, so it was an absolute pleasure to introduce her to both our colleagues and customers. Her tour created a real buzz and put a spring in everybody's step."

Bianca met colleagues and customers, posing for photographs with her Olympic medals in their Macclesfield outlet.

LSH Auto customer, Saeeda Hussain, who met Bianca when she was collecting her new Mercedes-Benz said: "I was lucky enough to meet Bianca at Mercedes-Benz of Whitefield. Inspirational, wonderful person. Thank you, Tom, General Manager, and Mo, you guys made my new car collection a day I will always remember."

The team added a competitive element to the tour, using a virtual reality headset and a game designed to test reaction times. Bianca laid down a target score of 71 points on the Rezzil VR machine for LSH Auto colleagues to try to beat.

In Erdington, handover experience partner, Harvey Cartwright, achieved the highest LSH Auto colleague score with 67 points, winning a trip to visit GB Taekwondo's national centre in Manchester. In Whitefield, Mason Mcaulay, site maintenance technician, equaled Harvey's high score and will be joining him for the prize visit next month.

Bianca Walkden said: "I was really impressed with Harvey and Mason's scores. They both have pretty quick reactions. Maybe we'll get them interested in taking up Taekwondo after their visit!"

The Macclesfield Mercedes-Benz outlet is located off've Brunel Road, opposite Matalan.

Martyn Webb, Managing Director LSH Auto, said: "We would like to thank Bianca for taking the time to meet our colleagues and customers last week and for making the whole experience so enjoyable for everybody. We look forward to continuing to support her as she trains for the next Olympic Games in Paris."

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