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Margaret Maughan was left paralysed from the waist down and unable to walk in a road accident in Malawi in 1959. She was treated at at Stoke Mandeville Hospital where spinal injury unit founder Dr. Lud...

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8/30/2012
8/30/2012
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8/30/2012

Margaret Maughan was left paralysed from the waist down and unable to walk in a road accident in Malawi in 1959. She was treated at at Stoke Mandeville Hospital where spinal injury unit founder Dr. Lud...

8/30/2012

Kurt Harry Fearnley Kurt Fearnley - Australian world champion wheelchair athlete. He was born with lumbar sacral agenesis, missing the lower portion of his spine. He is the youngest of five children.He...

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8/27/2012
8/27/2012
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8/27/2012

Kurt Harry Fearnley Kurt Fearnley - Australian world champion wheelchair athlete. He was born with lumbar sacral agenesis, missing the lower portion of his spine. He is the youngest of five children.He...

8/27/2012

Natalie du Toit (born January 29, 1984) is a South African swimmer. She won gold medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 S...

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7/10/2011
8/26/2012
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7/10/2011

Natalie du Toit (born January 29, 1984) is a South African swimmer. She won gold medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 S...

8/26/2012

In the 1970s Boldt established himself as the world’s top amputee high jumper, garnering invitations to both disability sport and able-bodied track meets. Boldt's World and Paralympic High Jump record ...

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8/25/2012
8/25/2012
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8/25/2012

In the 1970s Boldt established himself as the world’s top amputee high jumper, garnering invitations to both disability sport and able-bodied track meets. Boldt's World and Paralympic High Jump record ...

8/25/2012

Tatyana McFadden MP

""Beast""

Maryland, United States

Name: Tatyana McFadden * Sport: Para Track and Field* Event: 100m, 400m* Height: 5’2”* Current Residence: Champaign, Ill* College: University of Illinois Paralympic Experience: * 2014 Paralympic Games ...

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8/25/2012
8/25/2012
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8/25/2012

Tatyana McFadden MP

""Beast""

Maryland, United States

Name: Tatyana McFadden * Sport: Para Track and Field* Event: 100m, 400m* Height: 5’2”* Current Residence: Champaign, Ill* College: University of Illinois Paralympic Experience: * 2014 Paralympic Games ...

8/25/2012

David Russell Weir MBE ( born 5 June 1979) is an elite British Paralympic wheelchair athlete from London, England. Leg amputee from birthDavid Weir currently holds the British record at all track dista...

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8/24/2012
8/25/2012
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8/24/2012

David Russell Weir MBE ( born 5 June 1979) is an elite British Paralympic wheelchair athlete from London, England. Leg amputee from birthDavid Weir currently holds the British record at all track dista...

8/25/2012

Dame Carys Davina Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson MP (1969 - d.)

"Baroness Grey-Thompson"

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8/10/2012
8/10/2012

Oscar Pistorius (born 22 November 1986, Johannesburg), South African sprint runner who is a double amputee was selected to run in both the individual 400 metres and the 4x400 relay at the London Olympi...

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9/8/2009
8/10/2012
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9/8/2009

Oscar Pistorius (born 22 November 1986, Johannesburg), South African sprint runner who is a double amputee was selected to run in both the individual 400 metres and the 4x400 relay at the London Olympi...

8/10/2012

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, KBE MP

"Baron Coe KBE", "Seb Coe"

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, KBE, often known as Seb Coe, is an English former athlete and politician. Seb Coe is considered one of the greatest middle-distance runners of all time. He won the B...

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3/4/2012
6/22/2012
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3/4/2012

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, KBE MP

"Baron Coe KBE", "Seb Coe"

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, KBE, often known as Seb Coe, is an English former athlete and politician. Seb Coe is considered one of the greatest middle-distance runners of all time. He won the B...

6/22/2012