Edith Wolf (née Hunkeler, born 30 July 1972) is a

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former

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, who competed in the T54 classification. Wolf competed at a range of distances from 400m to marathon length events and is a multiple

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and

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winner. Wolf has also eight major marathon titles to her name having won the women's wheelchair race at the

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(2011),

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(2002 and 2006) and

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(2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009).

Personal history

Hunkeler was in a car accident at age 22 which left her a

paraplegic Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek () "half-stricken". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural ...

. She began wheelchair racing two years later.

Athletics career

At the

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, she finished 6th in the demonstration sport of Women's 800m wheelchair. She also participated in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

, where she won a silver medal in both the 1500 metre and 5000 metre races. At the

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, she took bronze in the 1500 metres and a gold in the marathon. She advanced to the finals of the 5000 metres, but crashed and caused a pile-up shortly before the end of the race. She broke her collarbone in the accident and was disqualified from participating in the re-run of the race. She won the women's wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009. She was honored by New York Road Runners on November 1, 2018, during TCS New York City Marathon Race Week.

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