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Brazilian athlete Wendel Silva Soares in the 400 m wheelchair race at the 2007 Parapan American Games. 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 pal
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 ]
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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.
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 world. [2] Their philosophy in creating the event was for disabled children to see elite wheelchair athletes in ...
Pages in category "Wheelchair racing" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Boilermaker Road Race; O. Wheelchair racing at the Olympics; S.
Daniel Romanchuk (born August 3, 1998) is an American Paralympic athlete who competes primarily in wheelchair racing events. He won the Chicago Marathon on October 7, 2018. . Less than a month later, he made history as the first American to win the men's wheelchair race at the New York City Marathon, becoming the youngest winner in the event's histor
100 m 18.06 gold medal at the 2012 Paralympic Games Cockroft winning the 100 m T34 qualifying heat at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Hannah Lucy Cockroft [3] (born 30 July 1992) is a British wheelchair racer specialising in sprint distances in the T34 classification and TV presenter.