Medal record | ||
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Paralympic athletics | ||
Representing Canada | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
1992 Barcelona | 4x400 metre relay - TW3-4 | |
1992 Barcelona | 200 metres - TW3 | |
1992 Barcelona | 800 metres - TW3 |
Luke Gingras is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category TW3 wheelchair racing events.
Luke competed in just the marathon at his first Paralympics in Seoul in 1988 Summer Paralympics. In 1992 he competed in the 100m, 400m and Marathon as well as winning bronze medals in the 200m and 800m and a silver as part of the German 4 × 400 m relay team. [1]
Choke Yasuoka is a wheelchair racer, who competes at Olympic level for Japan. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 6th in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair. He also participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, winning silver in the 400 metres, gold in the 800 metres, and bronze in the 4×400 metre relay. He has also competed in wheelchair marathon races, including the Boston Marathon and the Ōita Marathon.
Christie Dawes is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair racing athlete. She has won three medals in athletics at seven Paralympics from 1996 to 2021.
Thomas Geierspichler is a Paralympic wheelchair racer from Austria. He competes in the T52 classification.
Tatyana McFadden is an American Paralympic athlete of Russian descent competing in the category T54. McFadden has won twenty Paralympic medals in multiple Summer Paralympic Games.
Manuela Schär is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T54 sprint events. She has used a wheelchair since the age of 8, when a playground accident paralysed her from the waist down.
Amanda McGrory is an American wheelchair athlete.
Pierre Fairbank is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T53 sprint events.
Kelly Smith is a Paralympian athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T54 long-distance events.
Masazumi Soejima is a Paralympian wheelchair racing athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T54 long-distance events.
Marcel Eric Hug is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Hug, nicknamed 'The Silver Bullet', has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games for Switzerland, winning two bronze medals in his first Games in Athens in 2004. In 2010 he set four world records in four days, and at the 2011 World Championships he won a gold in the 10,000 metres and four silver medals, losing the gold in three events to long term rival David Weir. This rivalry continued into the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where Hug won two silvers, in the 800m and the marathon. In the 2013 World Championships Hug dominated the field, winning five golds and a silver. During the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Hug was one of the most consistent competitors in the T54 class, winning two golds, in the 800 m and marathon, and two silvers medals, in the 1500m and 5000m.
Edgar Cesáreo Navarro Sánchez is a Paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.
Charles Tolle is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T53 wheelchair racing events.
Philippe Couprie is a paralympic track and field athlete from France competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.
Mustapha Badid is a paralympic track and field athlete from France competing mainly in category T53 wheelchair racing events.
Kazu Hatanaka is a paralympic athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.
Tim Johansson is a Paralympic athlete from Sweden competing mainly in category T51 wheel chair racing events.
Juana Soto is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category TW4 sprint events.
4 male athletes from Morocco competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Giuseppe Forni is a paralympic athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T51 racing events.
Per Vesterlund is a paralympic athlete from Sweden competing mainly in category T52 track events.