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Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951–2005) – Canadian writer and publisher; in 1966 she was the victim of a car accident which left her quadriplegic and using a wheelchair. [1]Max Brito (1971–2022) – Ivoirian international rugby union player; paralyzed in a match against Tonga in the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
Primarily Cal, Stanford, and Santa Clara players composed the two US Olympic rugby teams (1920 & 1924) and claimed fame by winning both Gold medals. Prior to the introduction of Rugby 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics , 1924 was the last time the Olympic Games staged a rugby competition.
William Groulx (born March 11, 1974) [1] is an American wheelchair rugby player and cycler, and a member of the United States wheelchair rugby team. He was part of the US team that took the gold medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, and a bronze medal in Athens in 2004. [2] He won three medals for cycling in the 2016 Paralympics. [3]
Rugby player Ed Jackson became paralyzed after a devastating swimming pool accident in 2017. After months of rehabilitation, he announced on Instagram in January 2018 that he was going to climb ...
Born in Juneau, Alaska, McBride graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 2001. [1] During the same year he got into a skiing accident which left him paralyzed and with two broken vertebrates in his neck. [2]
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After his accident, Zupan graduated from Georgia Tech, became a two-time quad rugby national champion, the 2004 quad rugby player of the year.He was a member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and the gold medal-winning team at the 2008 Games.
Soares began playing rugby in 1969 and, as of 2005, was the only player to have participated in 13 consecutive United States National Championships. He was a member of the U.S. wheelchair rugby team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia . [ 3 ]