'This certainly isn't the life that I planned, but it is the life that I have'

In 2012, college student Jack Kavanagh suffered a spinal cord injury while on holidays in Portugal. Now he's teamed up with Sport Ireland to encourage more of us to get active.

After a life-changing spinal chord injury in 2012, Jack Kavanagh is keen to speak about about the importance of remaining active. ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Pharmacy student Jack Kavanagh was enjoying a summer between first and second year college, doing something he'd done hundreds of times before, when his life changed forever.

He dove into shallow water at the beach where he loved to windsurf, and suffered a spinal cord injury. It left him with just 15% muscle function.