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Barbara Roach (née Joscelyne, born 9 May 1959 in Bishop's Stortford, England) is a British Paralympian athlete. In the 1980 Summer Paralympics she won the gold medal in the E category 100m, 400 metres, and long jump. In 1984, competing in the A6 category, she won the gold medal in discus and a silver medal for the 100m and shot put. She married Roy Roach in 1990 and went on to having three children: Katharine, Helen and Patrick. She currently works at the Hertfordshire and Essex High School and Science College in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.