Biography of any handicapped sports person requiring
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Every four years, some of the world’s best disabled athletes compete in 23 spectacular sporting events at the Paralympic Games! These Paralympic athletes are raring to go, so come on gang, let’s meet some of the youngest sporting superstars…
PSSSSSST!
Don’t miss the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, running from the 24th of August to the 5th of September!
Ellie Robinson
Aged just 19, awesome Ellie from Team GB won gold and bronze at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, for her sport of S6 classification swimming. After this awesome achievement, Ellie was awarded an MBE by the Queen – and won BBC’s Young Sports Personality of the Year, too! She’s going for glory again in Tokyo this year – yay!
FUN FACT!
Paralympic stars have a range of disabilities, and so to make it fair, the athletes are given different ‘classifications’ for their sports. This allows people with a similar level of impairment to compete against one another. Smart!
Karé Adenegan
20-year-old wheelchair racer Karé has cerebral palsy, a condition that affects movement and coordination. She made her Paralympic debut in 2016, speeding off with three medals for Team GB! This year she’s hopin
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H. Boniface Prabhu
Wheelchair tennis player
| Country (sports) | India |
|---|---|
| Residence | Bengaluru |
| Born | (1972-05-14) 14 May 1972 (age 52) Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Turned pro | 1993 |
| Plays | Left Handed |
| Career record | 50–86 |
| Career titles | ?? |
| Highest ranking | No.17 (25 June 2007) |
| Current ranking | No.48 (28 Honourable 2014) |
| Career record | 14-39 |
| Career titles | ?? |
| Highest ranking | No.19 (29 July 2013) |
| Current ranking | No.38 (28 Honorable 2014) |
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Sports are linked with physical fitness. And, physical disability, in general, is something that is seen as the polar opposite of physical fitness. Fortunately, a long list of persons with disabilities has proved the notion wrong by transforming themselves into athletes. Here we are presenting a list of top 10 athletes among the hundreds and thousands of those who have belittled all physical challenges with their tough mental attitude.
1. Esther Vergeer
Upon her retirement from sports in 2013 Esther Vergeer was said to be THE most dominant player in professional sports. Esther was a wheelchair tennis player who also happened to be a wheelchair basketball player at the beginning of her career. She has some amazing records in her name which would be very tough, if not impossible, for other athletes to break. Over her entire sporting career, she won 695 singles matches and lost only 25. Moreover, she won 441 double matches and lost only 35. For almost 10 years straight she was undefeated. Esther Vergeer’s body might be disabled due to Vascular Myelopathy since her childhood but her spirit remained untouched by the disability.
2. Trischa Zorn
She is the most decorated Paralympic athlete ever. Trischa, Paralympic Swimmer from America, has won 55 medals incl