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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 ...
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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 ]
The Sadler's Ultra Challenge is a wheelchair and handcycle race that runs between Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska. It is the world's longest wheelchair race. Divisions include Men's Handcycle (with A, B, and C classes), Men's Wheelchair, and Women's Handcycle. The 267-mile-long (430 km) race is run in eight stages and takes six days to complete.
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 ...
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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.
This is a wheelchair racing class. The classification is one of three classes of wheelchair racing for people with athetosis, ataxia or hypertonia. The number of events available to people in this class has decreased since the 1980s, with no T32 events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. While undergoing classification, T32 competitors both undergo ...