Roy Perkins (born May 9, 1990) is an American

paralympic 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 impaire ...

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who competes in the S5 classification. At the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

in Beijing, Perkins won one gold and one bronze medal. At the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in London, he won two silver and two bronze medals. At the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

he won one gold and one silver medal.Roy Perkins
. rio2016.com Perkins was born without hands or feet and first learned to swim when he was 12 years old. He attended

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in San Diego and later

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. In 2006, the

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named him its Challenged Athlete Star of the Year.

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* * 1990 births Living people American male butterfly swimmers Paralympic swimmers of the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics S5-classified Paralympic swimmers Paralympic medalists in swimming Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships American male freestyle swimmers 21st-century American people {{US-swimming-bio-stub