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This is a list of multiple Paralympic gold medalists, listing people who have won ten or more Paralympic gold medals. More medals are available in some events than others, and the number of events in which medals are available overall have changed over time.
Long before the Paralympic Games, American gymnast George Eyser, who had a wooden leg, competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics, and won three gold medals, two silver and a bronze, including a gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard.
Discipline Contested Number of Paralympiads Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals Gold Silver Bronze Total Dartchery: 1960–1980 6 12 12
Paralympic swimmers participate in four different lengths: 50 metre, 100 metre, 150 metre (SM3 individual medley events) 200 metre and 400 metre (individual medley events).
Name Gold Silver Bronze Sport Games State Refs Alicia Aberley: 0 2 2 Swimming 2000: New South Wales [1] Ashley Adams: 0 1 1 Shooting 2004: Queensland [2] Julianne Adams: 0 1 0 Wheelchair basketball 2000 [3] [4] Rene Ahrens: 0 0 2 Athletics 1980, 1988 [5] Dylan Alcott: 1 0 0 Wheelchair basketball 2008 [6] Bryce Alman: 0 2 0 Wheelchair rugby 2000 ...
The table is pre-sorted by the name of each Paralympic Committee, but can be displayed as sorted by any other column, such as the total number of gold medals or total number of overall medals. To sort by gold, silver, and then bronze (as used unofficially by the IPC and by most broadcasters outside the US) sort first by the bronze column, then ...
The 100 metres sprint has been one of original track events in the Summer Paralympics since 1968.The first track events were for male wheelchair competitors only (female wheelchair competitors took part in 60m sprints in that year, they took part in the 100m sprint in 1976).
Athletics was one of the first eight sports to be competed in the Summer Paralympics which began in 1960. [1] At the time it debuted, only track events were held: club throw, javelin throw, pentathlon (for male athletes) precision club throw and shot put which held between men and women.