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In 1977, Hansen recruited Terry Fox to join the Vancouver Cable Cars to play on their wheelchair basketball team. The two became good friends. [8] Hansen went on to become a world class champion wheelchair marathoner and Paralympic athlete. He competed in wheelchair racing, winning a total of six medals; three gold, two silver, and one bronze.
Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan MBE (/ ˈ æ d i ə ˈ d ɛ p i ˌ t æ n /; born 27 March 1973) is a Nigerian-born British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. As a presenter, he has hosted a range of travel documentaries and sports programmes for BBC television.
Sammi is the fastest ever female British wheelchair racer regardless of classification over 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m. Samantha Kinghorn at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, T53 100 metres sprint, where she finished fifth.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ]
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.
2007: Third place, 1500m – Boiling Point Wheelchair Track Classic, Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2007: Third place, 800m – U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships, Atlanta , GA. 2007: First place – Open Women's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of the AJC Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia with the time of ...