Jason Lachance
Medal record | ||
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Paralympic athletics | ||
Competitor for Canada | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | 200 metres - T34 | |
2000 Sydney | 100 metres - T34 | |
2000 Sydney | 400 metres - T34 |
Jason Lachance is a paralympic wheelchair racer from Canada competing mainly in sprint events.
Lachance has competed in three Paralympic Games. His first was in 1996 where he competed in the T34 100m & 400m. His great success came in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where he won silver in the 100m, gold in the 200m and a second silver in the 400m all in the T34 class. In 2004 he was competing in combined T53/T34 events and ended the games without a medal.[1]
He is a past world record holder in the 100m, 200m & 400m sprint events. T34 classified athletes[2] [3]
References
- ↑ profile on paralympic.org
- ↑ "IPC Athletics Records". International Paralympic Committee.
- ↑ "Athletes heading to Sydney hope corporate sponsorship spurs recognition". Ottawa Sun. 29 August 2000. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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