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Deaf Hungarian fencer Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő won two individual medals (a gold and a bronze) and five team medals at the Olympics between 1960 and 1976. She never competed at the Deaflympics, as fencing was never part of the event's programme. [1] [2] Several athletes with disabilities have competed in both the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
She was subsequently coached by Jenni Banks, who oversaw much of Sauvage's development as an elite wheelchair athlete, from her first international success at the World Games in Assen in 1990, to her best ever medal tally at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Atlanta in 1996. [26]
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.
2014: Won the 2014 Open Women's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of the AJC Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta with the time of 23:17:42. 2014: Won the women's wheelchair division of the 2014 New York City Marathon with a time of 1:42:16. 2015: Won gold at the London Marathon, in a new course record.
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
At the 2002 IPC Athletics World Championships, she competed in three events and won a silver medal in the Women's 400m T54 event. [8] At the 2004 Olympic Games, she finished second in the demonstration sport of Women's 1500 m wheelchair and the Women's 800 m wheelchair. [9] She also participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics. [10]
Mallory was featured in "The Current," a documentary produced by Make A Hero, a non-profit organization focused on inspiring individuals with disabilities to enjoy the freedom of adaptive sports. [11] In June 2021 the US announced the 34 Paralympic swimmers who would be going to the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
In Paralympic athletics competitions, athletes are given a class depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classes are as follows: [1] 11–13: Blind and visually impaired; 20: Intellectually disabled; 32–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy; classes 32–34 compete in wheelchairs, while 35–38 are ambulant