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Wheelchair Tennis At The 1992 Summer Paralympics ...
Wheelchair tennis at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of four events. Medal summary Source: Paralympic.org Medal table References * {{Paralympic Games Wheelchair tennis 1992 Summer Paralympics events 1992 Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Snow
Randy Snow (May 24, 1959 – November 19, 2009) was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympian to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame and the first paralympian to win medals in three different sports: track, basketball and tennis.Cindy Shmerler"Overlooked No More: Randy Snow, Paralympic Champion of Wheelchair Tennis,"''The New York Times'', August 27, 2021. Biography Thomas Randall Snow was the oldest of four children of Alison Lee McElhone, a kindergarten teacher, and Thomas Snow, a real estate attorney. He was born in Austin, Texas and later his family moved to Terrell, Texas. In 1975, at the age of 16, his spine was crushed by a 1000-pound bale of hay, leaving him paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down. After graduating, he enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin in 1977, where he indulged in the Fraternities and sororities, fraternity party life, until forming a wheelchair basketball team under the direction of Jim Hayes, the University of Texas at Arlington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Van Den Bosch
Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch (born 28 November 1964) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis and table tennis player. Monique competed at the Paralympics in 1984 Summer Paralympics, 1984, 1988 Summer Paralympics, 1988, 1992 Summer Paralympics, 1992 and 1996 Summer Paralympics, 1996. In 2017, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Biography Monique Van den Bosch was diagnosed with cancer due to paraplegia when she was just 14 years old. Initially she took the sport of table tennis during her childhood age before becoming a professional wheelchair tennis player. At the age of 20, she made her Paralympic debut during the 1984 Summer Paralympics and competed in the table tennis events. Career Monique Kalkman clinched a gold and a bronze medal in the women's table tennis competitions as a part of the 1984 Summer Paralympics. She then competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics as a wheelchair tennis player and claimed a gold medal in the women's singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Summer Paralympics Events
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair Tennis At The 1992 Summer Paralympics ...
Wheelchair tennis at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of four events. Medal summary Source: Paralympic.org Medal table References * {{Paralympic Games Wheelchair tennis 1992 Summer Paralympics events 1992 Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlette Racineux
Arlette Racineux (born 2 March 1961) is a French wheelchair tennis player, she plays left-handed. Racineux is a two time bronze medalist in the Summer Paralympics; she won her first bronze medal in 1996 with Oristelle Marx and won her second bronze medal with Florence Gravellier Florence Gravellier (born 23 January 1979) is a former French wheelchair tennis player. Gravellier is the 2005 and 2010 Australian Open doubles Champion. At the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing Gravellier was a double bronze medalist. Gravellier .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Racineux, Arlette 1961 births Living people French female tennis players Wheelchair tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for France Paralympic bronze medalists for France Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oristelle Marx
Oristelle Marx (born 7 July 1971) is a former French wheelchair tennis player, she is a right-handed player. She competed in two Paralympic Games and won two bronze medals in the doubles' events with Arlette Racineux. In 1986, Marx was involved in an accident in a gymnastics training centre which resulted in her paraplegia. She now works as a consultant trainer for disability Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be Cognitive disability, cognitive, Developmental disability, dev ... awareness. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marx, Oristelle 1971 births Living people Tennis players from Toulouse French female tennis players Wheelchair tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Seidemann
Lynn Seidemann (born November 19, 1963) is a former American wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, ... player and dressage rider. She became a paraplegic after a skiing accident in 1983. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Seidemann, Lynn 1963 births Living people People from Coppell, Texas Paralympic equestrians for the United States American female equestrians American dressage riders Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for the United States Wheelchair tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Olson (tennis)
Nancy Ann Olson (born July 14, 1928) is an American retired actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''Sunset Boulevard'' (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films, and later appeared in ''The Absent-Minded Professor'' (1961) and its sequel, ''Son of Flubber'' (1963), as well as the disaster film ''Airport 1975'' (1974). Olson retired from acting in the mid-1980s, although she has made a few rare returns, most recently in 2014. Early life Olson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 14, 1928, and raised there, along with her brother, David. Her parents were Evelyn Bertha (née Bergstrom), who was of Swedish descent, and Henry John Olson, a physician. Career Olson was signed to a film contract by Paramount Pictures in 1948, and, after a few supporting roles, producers began to consider her for more prominent parts. She was up for the role of Delilah in Cecil B. DeMille's film ''Samson and Delilah'' (1949) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
