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Ross Davis (athlete)
Ross Davis is a paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T34 sprint events. Davis competed in three paralympics firstly in Barcelona, Spain in 1992 Summer Paralympics. In these games he competed in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m for C3-4 athletes winning a silver medal in all four events. In the 1996 Summer Paralympics in his home country, Davis won a gold medal in the 100m and a bronze in the 400m. Four years later in 2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ... he won bronze medals in both the 200m and 400m and a gold medal in the T34 100m. References External links * Paralympic track and field athletes of the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Athletes (tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Athletics
Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practised by people with a disability as a disabled sports, parasport. The list of athletics events, athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair racing and the club throw, which are specific to the division. The sport is known by various names, including disability athletics, disabled track and field and Paralympic athletics. Top-level competitors may be called elite athletes with disability. Competitors are typically organised into three broad categories: deaf sports, athletes with a physical disability, and athletes with an intellectual disability. Deaf athletes typically compete among themselves, while athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities are usually assessed and given a para-athletics classification, which groups together athletes with similar ability levels. These classifications are governed by the International Paralympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
