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  2. Rumeysa Gelgi - Wikipedia

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    Rumeysa Gelgi (born 1 January 1997) is a Turkish advocate, researcher and web developer.She is the tallest living woman as confirmed by Guinness World Records. [1] She also holds the titles of the largest hands (female), the longest fingers (female), the longest back (female) and previously held the title of tallest living female teenager given by Guinness World Records.

  3. Samantha Kinghorn - Wikipedia

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    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. Kinghorn's first race was the 2012 London Mini Marathon, where she came second. [ 4] Since then she has won many medals in ...

  4. Susannah Scaroni - Wikipedia

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    Susannah Scaroni (born May 16, 1991) is an American Paralympic athlete. [ 1] She won the gold medal in the women's 5000 meters T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [ 2] She also represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [ 1]

  5. Judith Heumann - Wikipedia

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    Her mother came to the U.S. from Germany in 1935 and her father in 1934. Heumann's grandparents, great-grandparents, and many other family members were killed in the Holocaust. [9] [10] Her brother Joseph Heumann is a film professor and author. [7] [11] Heumann contracted polio at the age of 18 months, and used a wheelchair most of her life. [12]

  6. Madison de Rozario - Wikipedia

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    Madison de Rozario. Madison de Rozario, OAM (born 24 November 1993) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair racer who specialises in middle and long-distance events. She competed at the 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, winning two gold medals, three silver and a bronze.

  7. Louise Sauvage - Wikipedia

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    Berlin Marathon. 1997. Women's wheelchair. Alix Louise Sauvage, OAM (born 18 September 1973) [ 1] is an Australian paralympic wheelchair racer and leading coach. [ 2] Sauvage is often regarded as the most renowned disabled sportswoman in Australia. [ 3][ 4] She won nine gold and four silver medals at four Paralympic Games and eleven gold and ...

  8. In a first, London Marathon awards wheelchair and non ... - AOL

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    In Boston, the top prize for the wheelchair division was $40,000. In the open division, the non-disabled male and female winners took home $150,000 — more than three times as much.

  9. Wheelchair racing - Wikipedia

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    View from above of wheelchair racing competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. The distances involved in wheelchair racing include sprint distances of 100 m (109.4 yards), 200 m (218.7 yards) and 400 m (437.4 yards), middle distances of 800 m (874.9 yards) and 1500 m (1640.4 yards), long distances of 5000 m (3.1 miles) and 10,000 m (6.2 miles) and relay races of 4 × 100 m (109.4 yards) and ...