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Richard Marvin Hansen CC OBC (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian track and field athlete (Paralympic Games and Olympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities. When Rick was 15, he was riding in the back of a pickup truck after a fishing trip with his friend, when the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled over.
He is the most successful male athlete of the World Championships. Bolt is the first athlete to win four World Championship titles in the 200 m and is one of the most successful in the 100 m with three titles, being the first person to run sub-9.7s and sub-9.6s races.
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
Kansas State’s starting running back faced a difficult journey to college football.
Track and field athlete Ray Ewry contracted polio as a child, and he used a wheelchair for a while. He devised his own exercises to strengthen his legs. Ewry went on to become one of the most successful Olympic athletes of all time, winning 10 gold medals in standing jump events. [173] [179] Paola Fantato: born 1959
After analyzing 600 of the biggest sportsmen and women in the world, ESPN determined the most famous of them all. The 18 most famous athletes in the world in 2018 Skip to main content
The list of the most famous athletes in the world is dominated by footballers, and no athlete is more famous than one particular Real Madrid player. The 20 most famous athletes in the world Skip ...
Terry Fox was born on July 28, 1958, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Rolland and Betty Fox.Rolland was a switchman for the Canadian National Railway. [2] Fox spent his childhood in the Transcona suburb of Winnipeg, where he attended Wayoata Elementary School. [3]