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David Weir (athlete)
David Russell Weir (born 5 June 1979) is a British Paralympic wheelchair athlete. He has won a total of six gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games, and has won the London Marathon on eight occasions. He was born with a spinal cord transection that left him unable to use his legs. Personal life Weir was born in Wallington, part of the London Borough of Sutton. He cannot use his legs due to a congenital spinal cord transection. As a child he was a talented wheelchair athlete, representing Sutton in wheelchair athletics at the London Youth Games, and won the junior event at the London marathon (the mini wheelchair race) seven times. At school Weir was frustrated by a lack of sporting activities for wheelchair users, but after years of persistence he developed a skill for wheelchair racing that would define his career and lead to multiple Paralympic successes. Weir has two sons, Mason, and Lenny, and a daughter, Tillia Grace London Weir. He also has a daughter, Ronie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 800 Metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium on 22-23 and 26–29 January Medalists T11 T12 T13 T36 T37 The Men's 800 metres, T37 was held on January 28 T37 = spasticity in an arm and leg on one side of the body, good functional ability on the other side. Final Official site of the Key: WR = World record, SB = Seasonal best, AR = Area Record, R 125.5 = Warning by unsporting manner T46 T52 T53 T54 See also ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 (cancelled due to World War II), have successively run every four years since. The Games were called the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams since 2002, making the Commonwealth Games the first fully inclusive international multi-sport event. In 2018, the Games became the first global multi-sport event to feature an equal number of men's and women's medal events and four years later they are the first global multi-sport event to have more events for women than men. Inspired by the Inter-Empire Championships, part of the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 5000 Metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in Grosseto from 11–16 June. Medalists See also *List of IPC world records in athletics References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 IPC Athletics European Championships - Men's 5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ... 5000 metres at the World Para Athletics European Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 800 Metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in Grosseto from 11–16 June. Medalists See also *List of IPC world records in athletics References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 IPC Athletics European Championships - Men's 800 metres 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ... 800 metres at the World Para Athletics European Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 IPC Athletics European Championships – Men's 400 Metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in Grosseto from 11–16 June. Medalists See also *List of IPC world records in athletics References {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 IPC Athletics European Championships - Men's 400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ... 400 metres at the World Para Athletics European Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 IPC Athletics European Championships
The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Israel. It was held in Grosseto, Italy and took part between 10 and 16 June. The competition was staged at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini. Approximately 700 athletes from 35 countries attended the games. This was the last edition of the event held under the IPC Athletics title. Russia topped the medal tables in both gold medals won (51) and total number of medals won (131). Venue The venue for the Championships was the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini athletics stadium which has held IPC Grand Prix athletic tournaments in the past. The stadium has an eight lane MONDO track and has a capacity of 10,200 people. Format The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was an invitational tournament taking in track and field events. No combined sports were included in the 2016 Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 IPC Athletics European Championships
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IPC Athletics European Championships
The World Para Athletics European Championships (''European Para Athletics Championships''), known prior to 2018 as the IPC Athletics European Championships is an event organized by World Para Athletics, the international athletics federation established under the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in 2016. Athletes with a physical disability compete, and there is also a specific category for athletes with an intellectual disability. Organised biennially, the original Games ran from 2003 to 2005 as an Open Championship but the event was frozen in 2005, but returned in 2012 in Stadskanaal, Netherlands. The first IPC Athletics European Championships was held in Assen, Netherlands in 2003 as an Open Championship. Championships Results # https://www.team-thomas.org/res03/resectotal.html - 2003 ( :it:Campionati europei di atletica leggera paralimpica 2003) # https://web.archive.org/web/20160329210227/www.fsrim.org.mk/images/stories/rezultati/2005/ipc_espoo%202005.pdf - 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Paralympic World Cup
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