Andre Beaudoin is a Paralympicathlete from Canada competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
He competed in the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won a gold medal in the men's 200 metres - 1C event, a silver medal in the men's 100 metres - 1C event, a silver medal in the men's 400 metres - 1C event and a bronze medal in the men's 800 metres - 1C event. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he won a silver medal in the men's 100 metres - TW2 event, a bronze medal in the men's 200 metres - TW2 event, finished fourth in the men's 800 metres - TW2 event and finished tenth in the men's Marathon - TW2 event. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. There he won a silver medal in the men's 100 metres - T51 event, a bronze medal in the men's 400 metres - T51 event, finished fourth in the men's 200 metres - T51 event and finished sixth in the men's 1500 metres - T51 event. He also competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There he won a silver medal in the men's 200 metres - T52 event, a bronze medal in the men's 100 metres - T52 event and finished fourth in the men's 400 metres - T52 event. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a gold medal in the men's 200 metres - T52 event, a silver medal in the men's 400 metres - T52 event, a bronze medal in the men's 100 metres - T52 event and finished fifth in the men's 800 metres - T52 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's 100 metres - T52 event, finished fourth in the men's 200 metres - T52 event, finished eighth in the men's 400 metres - T52 event and finished seventh in the men's 800 metres - T52 event
Salvador Hernández Mondragón is an athlete and Paralympian from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico competing mainly in category T51/T52 wheelchair racing events.
Dean Bergeron is a Paralympic athlete from Canada who competed mainly in category T52 sprint events in four Paralympic Games and is pursuing a career as an actuary.
Beat Bösch is a Paralympic athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Joshua George is a Paralympian athlete from the United States competing in category T53 events ranging from sprints to the marathon.
Supachai Koysub is an athlete and Paralympian from Thailand competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.
Che Mian is a Paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in category T36 sprint events.
Peth Rungsri is a Paralympian athlete from Thailand competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Richard Andrew Colman is an Australian Paralympic athlete, competing mainly in category T53 sprint events. He was born with spina bifida. He represented Australia at the four Paralympics - 2004 to 2016.
Oleksandr Ivaniukhin is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Mohamed Farhat Chida is a Paralympic athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category T38 sprint events.
Andriy Onufriyenko is an athlete and Paralympian from Ukraine competing mainly in category T38 sprint events.
Thomas Geierspichler is a Paralympic wheelchair racer from Austria. He competes in the T52 classification.
Ignacio Ávila Rodríguez is a Paralympian athlete and cyclist from Spain competing mainly in category T12 middle-distance events in athletics, and in track time trial, track pursuit, road time trial and road race.
Teruyo Tanaka is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Pia Schmid is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
David Francis MacCalman is a Paralympian athlete from New Zealand competing mainly in category P53 pentathlon events. He lost the use of his legs after sustaining a spinal cord injury while diving into a river.
John Lindsay, OAM is an Australian Paralympic athlete from Melbourne. He competed in the 1988 Seoul games in distances ranging from 100 m to 800 m, but did not win any medals. At the 1992 Barcelona Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's 200 m TW3 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia, a silver medal in the Men's 100 m TW3 event and a bronze medal in the Men's 400 m TW3 event. That year, he had a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship. He was also working as a fitness instructor in 1992, held world records in the 100 m and 200 m events, and was ranked 6th in the world in the 400 m. He won a gold medal in the men's athletics 100 m T52 event at the 1996 Summer Paralympics with a time of 15.22, a silver medal in the 200 m T52 event with a time of 27.38, and a bronze medal in the 400 m T52 event with a time of 52.93. At the 2000 Sydney Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's 100 m T53 event, a silver medal as part of the Men's 4x100 m Relay T54 team, and a bronze medal in the Men's 200 m T53 event; he was also part of the Men's 4x400 m Relay T54 team, which was the only one to qualify in its heat, but it did not make it to the finals. At the 2004 Athens Games, he came seventh in the first round of the Men's 100 m T53 event and sixth in the third round of the Men's 200 m T53 event. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1995 and 2000.
Gregory Stephen Smith, OAM is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair rugby player who won three gold medals in athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and a gold medal in wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where he was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Rheed McCracken is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. He named the 2012 Junior Athlete of the Year as part of the Australian Paralympian of the Year Awards. He represented Australia at the 2012 London Paralympics, 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he won three silver and two bronze medals.
Ingrid Lauridsen is a Danish TW3 classified wheelchair racer who competed in the Paralympic Games and the IPC Athletics World Championships. She won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem and took six gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in New York and Stoke Mandeville. Lauridsen finished third in the women's 800 metres wheelchair event at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. She took two gold medals and three bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul and four silver medals at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. Lauridsen won three medals at the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
