Laura Kenny: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Laura Kenny said elsewhere, not written here

Stephen Hawking: what he does is incredible. My nan died of motor neurone disease, which he has.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

AIDS activist Jeanne White-Ginder.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2023 source ↗

James Bay English singer-songwriter and guitarist

My dad, for providing for the family for 20 years – he was a wine merchant and recently retired.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 January 2016 source ↗

Jane Asher English actress and author

The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗

Zoe Ball British TV and radio personality

All the NHS workers, care home staff and teachers who are the real superheroes of 2020.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗