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Full name | Oscar Sanchez |
Nationality | American |
Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | December 2, 1975
Education | B.S. in Business Management and M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy |
Alma mater | San Diego State University |
Occupation | Former US Marine Corps Special Forces. Motivational speaker. |
Years active | 2006– |
Website | www |
Sport | |
Sport | Cycling, triathlon |
Disability | Paraplegia |
Disability class | H5 (cycling) |
Medal record |
Oscar "Oz" Sanchez (born December 2, 1975) is an American Paralympic handcyclist and triathlete. A former Marine, he has a spinal cord injury following a motorcycle accident in 2001. [1] He started handcycling competitively in 2006, [1] and competes in the H5 classification. At the 2011 Parapan American Games, Sanchez won a gold in the road race and time trial for his classification. [2] He won medals at the 2008, 2012 Paralympic Games and 2016 Paralympic Games. Sanchez was also a medallist at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
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