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Wheelchair racing at the Summer Olympics featured as demonstration competitions at the multi-sport event, appearing within the Olympic athletics programme from 1984 to 2004. [1] On each occasion two track races were held: a men's 1500 metres race and a women's 800 metres race. [ 2 ]
Richard Marvin Hansen CC OBC (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian track and field athlete (Paralympic Games and Olympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities. When Rick was 15, he was riding in the back of a pickup truck after a fishing trip with his friend, when the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled over.
This category is for wheelchair athletes who competed in the exhibition wheel chair races held at the Summer Olympics from 1984 to 2004. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
This category is for wheelchair racing athletes who have competed at the Summer Paralympics. Pages in category "Paralympic wheelchair racers" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics (where wheelchair racing was an exhibition sport) she won the 800 m, and went on to an impressive showing with 5 gold medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. When she returned from Athens in 2004, Petitclerc told reporters the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing would be her last big international meeting but that she ...
View from above of wheelchair racing competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. The distances involved in wheelchair racing include sprint distances of 100 m (109.4 yards), 200 m (218.7 yards) and 400 m (437.4 yards), middle distances of 800 m (874.9 yards) and 1500 m (1640.4 yards), long distances of 5000 m (3.1 miles) and 10,000 m (6.2 miles) and relay races of 4 × 100 m (109.4 yards) and ...
Paralympic wheelchair fencing: How to watch Poughkeepsie's Victoria Isaacson Wheelchair fencing events in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games begin Tuesday, Sept. 3 and will be streamed live on Peacock.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... There are several lists of wheelchair tennis champions: