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.
Fabian John Blattman, OAM is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He became disabled after a motorbike accident. He started playing disabled bowls, before switching to athletics. As a Paralympic athletics competitor, he has set several world records and won two Paralympic gold medals.
T51 is disability sport classification for athletics. The class includes people with a number of different types of disabilities including spinal cord injuries and cerebral palsy. Similar classifications are T52, T53, T54 and T55. It is for sportspeople with minimal upper body function who use a wheelchair, spinal cord injury class F1 and Les Autres class LAF1.
The Men's 100 metres T51 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 3 September.
Peter Genyn is a Paralympian sportsman from Belgium. Initially Genyn competed as a wheelchair rugby player before switching to track and field athletics in 2014 where he competes in category T51 sprint events. In 2016 he became the world record holder in the T51 men's 400 metres sprint.
The Men's 400m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.
The T51 category is for wheelchair athletes having spinal cord injuries, with mild weakness in shoulders, limited ability in straightening elbows and wrist function, and no finger, trunk or leg function.
The T51 category is for wheelchair athletes having spinal cord injuries, with mild weakness in shoulders, limited ability in straightening elbows and wrist function, and no finger, trunk or leg function.
Nicolas Pieter du Preez is a South African athlete in paratriathlon. In 2013, he was the first person with tetraplegia to ever complete an Ironman Triathlon. Du Preez started competing at the Berlin Marathon in 2008 and was a seven-time winner at the event during the 2010s.
The Men's 100m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to September 4, 2021. A total of 16 events were contested over this distance. T11 and T12 events were hosted over three rounds, to accommodate sighted guides, while the T51 event was held as a straight final. All other 100 metre events consisted of semifinal round and final.
The Men's 200m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 31 to September 4, 2021. A total of 5 events were contested over this distance.
The men's 200 metres T51 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 31 August 2021.
The men's 100 metres T51 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 3 September 2021.
The Men's 100m athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics will take place at the Stade de France from 30 August to 7 September, 2024. A total of 16 events will be contested over this distance. T11 and T12 events will be hosted over three rounds, to accommodate sighted guides, while the T51 event will be held as a straight final. All other 100 metre events will consist of a first round and a final.
The Men's 200m athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics will take place at the Stade de France from 3 to 7 September, 2024. A total of 4 events will be contested over this distance.
The men's 200 metres T51 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, will take place on 3 September 2024.
Cody Fournie is a Canadian para-athlete. He won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the men's 200 m T51 event.
The Men's 800 metres T53 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place 5 September at the Stade de France in Paris.
