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Born | Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | 13 June 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | University of Ottawa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Adaptive rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Todd (born June 13, 1989) is a Canadian adaptive rower who competes in international level events. He is a double World champion and a Paralympic bronze medalist at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He competes in the mixed coxed four and coxless pair. [1] [2]
In May 2013, Todd was given an invitation to compete in the Canadian men's lightweight fours national team. He was struck by a bus three days after his invitation in London, Ontario, the school bus failed to stop at a stop sign and hit Todd and some of his teammates who were cycling on the outskirts of the city. Todd's lower limbs were worst affected as the back wheels of the bus were crushing his pelvis, he also had a fractured kneecap in the accident. He suffered life changing injuries mainly to his right leg; he had more than ten surgeries but he could not regain strength in his leg. [3] [4] [5]
Great Britain competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place between 21 August and 6 September 2020, the Games were postponed to 24 August to 5 September 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. British athletes have competed at sixteen consecutive Summer Paralympics since 1960.
Rebecca Chin is a retired British rower who competed in international events and a former Paralympic discus and shot put thrower.
Giedrė Rakauskaitė is a British Paralympic rower who is a triple World champion in the mixed coxed four.
Meghan Montgomery is a Canadian Paralympic rower who competes in international events in the mixed coxed four, she is born with a congenital disability in her right hand.
Kristen Kit is a Canadian multi-sports athlete, who competes as a coxswain in both women's eights and mixed coxed four rowing events, and who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team InstaFund La Prima in road bicycle racing.
Paola Protopapa is a former Italian Paralympic rower, Alpine skier and sailor who competed in international level events.
Vicki Hansford is a retired British Paralympic rower who competed in international level events. She was also a track athlete at national level.
Andrew Haley is a retired Canadian Paralympic swimmer who competed in international level events. He was a three-time World champion, five-time Paralympic medalist and a Commonwealth champion.
Anke Molkenthin is a German adaptive rower and paracanoeist who competes in international level events.
Jolanta Majka née Jolanta Pawlak is a Polish adaptive rower and former Paralympic swimmer who competes at international level events. She is six-time World medalist and European silver medalist in rowing.
Annika van der Meer is a Dutch adaptive rower who competes at international level events. She is also a paracyclist and was a former field hockey player.
Curtis Halladay is a Canadian adaptive rower who competes in international elite events. He is a Paralympic bronze medalist and a World bronze medalist in the mixed coxed four.
Simon Albury is an Australian Paralympic rower. He partnered Kathryn Ross at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Thomas "Tom" William Birtwhistle is an Australian Paralympic rower. He was a member of the PR3 Mix 4+ team at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Stéphane Tardieu is a French adaptive rower who competes in international elite competitions, he started rowing when he was fourteen before switching to rugby, he went back to rowing in 2007 after losing a leg in a hunting accident two years previously. He competes in the double sculls with his training partner Perle Bouge, they have both won two Paralympic medals and five World medals.
Guylaine Marchand is a French adaptive rower who competes in international elite competitions. She is a World champion in mixed double sculls with Fabien Saint-Lannes, a World and European bronze medalist in the mixed coxed four. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in mixed coxed four but did not medal.
Rémy Taranto is a French adaptive rower who competes in international elite competitions in the mixed coxed four. He is a World bronze medalist and a European silver medalist, he has competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics but did not medal. He has qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in the rowing competition.
James Talbot is an Australian Paralympic rower. He was a member of the PR3 Mix 4+ at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Nikki Ayers is an Australian Paralympic rower. She was a member of the PR3 Mix 4+ at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Javier "Javi" Reja Muñoz is a Spanish Paralympic rower and former paracanoeist. He competed in paracanoe at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
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