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Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, including leg amputees, spinal cord injuries, and cerebral palsy. Athletes are classified in accordance with the nature and severity of their disability or combinations of disabilities. Like ...
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 ]
Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11. Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Wheelchair. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-11.
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.
Shirley Reilly (born May 29, 1985) is an American wheelchair racer who competes in track races and the marathon distance in the T53/T54 categories. [2] She has represented the United States at the Summer Paralympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012. She was the winner of the 2012 Boston Marathon race.
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.
The inaugural race was held in 1990 around Centennial Park in Sydney amongst traffic travelling around the Park. [1] The inaugural race was the brainchild of Peter Trotter and Jeff Wiseman, two prominent wheelchair racers that trained at the Park. [1] Trotter a former 10 km road racing champion had competed in similar events throughout the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Wheelchair racing" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.