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From 1984 to 2004, numerous athletes competed in wheelchair racing at the Olympics. Medals were not awarded and the contests were incorporated into the Olympics athletics programme as demonstration events only. Wheelchair competitors in these races are not typically considered to have competed in the Olympics programme proper, as they were ...
The Paralympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won medals. See the particular article on the athlete for more details on when and for what nation an athlete competed. More medals are available in some events than others, and the number of events in which medals are available overall have changed over time.
Chui Yee Yu (4–0–0) Wheelchair fencing 2008: winners: table: Beijing, China: 473 473 471 487 1431 Chantal Petitclerc (5–0–0) Athletics Jessica Long (4–1–1) Swimming 2012: winners: table: London, United Kingdom: 503 503 503 516 1522 Jacqueline Freney (8–0–0) Swimming Daniel Dias (6–0–0) Swimming
She also held five world records which made her known from outside the world of Paralympic sport. In 2006, Long became the first Paralympic athlete selected as the AAU's James E. Sullivan Award winner. [8] She was honored as the U.S. Olympic Committee's 2006 Paralympian of the year and Swimming World Magazine's 2006 Disabled Swimmer of the Year.
Kinghorn is part of the Glasgow disability sports club Red Star, [5] where she is coached by Ian Mirfin MBE (new years honours list 2015/16). She is classified as a T53 para-athlete. [2] Sammi is the fastest ever female British wheelchair racer regardless of classification over 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m.
Wheelchair Basketball 1996 [9] Daphne Ceeney: 3 5 6 Archery, Athletics, Swimming, Table Tennis, Wheelchair Fencing 1960, 1964 [9] Allan Chadwick: 1 0 0 Shooting 1984 [9] Lisa Chaffey: 0 1 0 Wheelchair Basketball 2004 [9] Malcom Chalmers: 1 1 2 Swimming 1984 [9] Shelley Chaplin: 0 2 1 Wheelchair Basketball 2004, 2008, 2012 [9] Aaron Chatman: 0 1 ...
After her retirement from competition, she became involved in coaching young wheelchair athletes, [18] establishing a foundation to help support children with disabilities in 2001. [19] In 2004, Sauvage started coaching other wheelchair athletes. The first athlete that she coached was Angie Ballard. Sauvage's coaching helped Ballard win gold ...
The first track events were for male wheelchair competitors only (female wheelchair competitors took part in 60m sprints in that year, they took part in the 100m sprint in 1976). Able-bodied athletes took part in track events in 1976. Between the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics there was some new classifications added.