Marc Quessy is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T52 wheelchair racing events. Before his transition to the wheelchair race, Marc was a member of the Canadian wheelchair basketball team that won the silver medal at the Gold Cup in Melbourne, Australia, in 1986.
Marc has competed in three Paralympics and every world championship from 1986 until 1999. Marc holds world record and medals in various track distances, including 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 5000m. Arguably, his most successful year was 1988, during which he competed in only two events: the 100m and the marathon. He won a silver medal in former and gold medal in the later. In 1992, he was much busier, competing in all the track events from 200m to marathon including both relays, winning silver in the 200m, 400m and both relays. In 1996, he competed in all the events from 200m to 5000m and the 4 × 400m relay and won bronze in the 800m and the relay. [1]
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.
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.
Amanda McGrory is an American wheelchair athlete.
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.
Lisa Franks is a Canadian paralympic athlete from competing mainly in category T52 wheelchair sprint events. Throughout her wheelchair racing career she set world records in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, and marathon events.
Richard Reelie is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T52 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.
Luke Gingras is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category TW3 wheelchair racing events.
Alvise De Vidi is a former paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.
Tim Johansson is a Paralympic athlete from Sweden competing mainly in category T51 wheel chair racing events.
Bart Dodson is an American paralympic athlete. He is from the United States competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.
Juana Soto is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category TW4 sprint events.
The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was the biggest track and field competition for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Lyon, France, and lasted from 20 to 28 July. Around 1,100 athletes competed, from 94 different countries. The event was held in the Stade du Rhône located at the Parc de Parilly in Vénissieux, in Lyon Metropolis.
Brent Lakatos is a Canadian wheelchair racer in the T53 classification. Lakatos has represented Canada at three Summer Paralympics, and at the 2012 Games he won three silver medals in the sprint and mid-distance events. In 2013 Lakatos reached the pinnacle of his sport when he collected four gold medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships and became world champion at his classification in the 100m, 200m and 400m events.
Giuseppe Forni is a paralympic athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T51 racing events.
Natalia Kocherova is Russian Paralympic wheelchair and cross-country skier from Omsk.
Ahmad Almutairi is a Kuwaiti para-sport athlete who competes as a T33 classification track and field athlete and as a wheelchair basketball player, both at national level. Despite the fact that Almutairi held the Paralympic world record for his classification in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m events, major world titles eluded him due to the fact that his classification was under-represented and he was forced to compete against less severely disabled athletes in the T44 class. He eventually won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Jeff Worthington is an American paralympic athlete. He participated at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.