Chelsea Clark

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Chelsea Clark
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Paralympic athletics
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Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens 100 metres - T34
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens 200 metres - T34

Chelsea Clark (1983 - August 2, 2014) was a paralympic athlete from Canada who competed mainly in category T34 sprint events.

Biography

Clark competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens where she won gold in the T34 100m and 200m. [1]

She died of neuroblastoma on August 2, 2014, aged 31. [2]

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References

  1. "CLARK Chelsea". Paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  2. "Obituary: Chelsea Clark's spirit propelled her to Paralymic[sic] gold". Mississauga.com. August 16, 2014.