David Weir (athlete)
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David Russell Weir is a British Paralympic wheelchair athlete. He has won a total of six gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games, and has won the London Marathon on eight occasions. He was b
Weir during the 2010 London Marathon
Weir at the Olympics Victory Parade wearing the four gold medals he won during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Kenny van Weeghel
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Kenny van Weeghel is a Paralympic athlete from the Netherlands competing in the 100, 200 and 400 m T54 class wheelchair racing. He participated in the Paralympic games six times already and he has won
David Weir (athlete)
…the 100m by clocking 14.34 seconds, the 400m in a Games record of 48.06 seconds, and the 1500m. Weir won silver in the 200m, losing to local favourite Kenny van Weeghel. Weir won three gold medals at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand: in the 800m, 1,500m and 5,000m…
At the 2006 IPC World Championships
Kenny van Weeghel on the left at the World Championships in Lyon in 2013.