Ursula Schwaller Ursula Schwaller Ursula Schwaller (born 26 June 1976) is a Swiss para-cyclist, who won two bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Ursula Schwaller was born on 26 June 1976. In 2002, she suffered an accident while mountain trekking causing her to suffer from paraplegia due to a spinal injury. She was already active in sports, but following the injury she decided to take up para-sports instead. For example, she took up cycling using a handcycle. Schwaller set herself the objective of competing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, as part of the Swiss team. She was chosen,
Ursula O'Farrell Ursula O'Farrell Ursula O'Farrell, née Cussen (born 1934 in Newcastle West, County Limerick, Ireland), is an Irish author and lecturer on the topic of counselling, and has worked for over 35 years as a counsellor. Born in Newcastle West, County Limerick, Ireland, in 1934, and daughter of local solicitors, Robert and Kathleen Cussen, Ursula O'Farrell was educated in Laurel Hill School in Limerick, and subsequently in University College Dublin where she achieved a B.A (1956) and a Dip in Psychology (1981). She is one of the founding members of the Irish Association for Counselling in 1981, along with Odette Thompson