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David Weir
One of Britain’s most successful Paralympians David Weir is a wheelchair athlete that has won six Paralympic gold medals. As well as this he’s won six World Championship golds, four European Championship golds, one Commonwealth Games gold and has been triumphant at the London Marathon on eight occasions. Born with a congenital spinal cord transection, David does not have use of his legs and is an inspirational diversity and inclusion speaker, having overcome adversity to achieve such success.
Affectionately known as the ‘Weirwolf’ David’s crowning moment came at London 2012 where he raced to glory in the 1500m, 5000m, 800m and marathon. Having excelled at some of the biggest para-sporting events in the world, David’s achievements include winning eight London marathons a feat he last achieved in 2018. Always keen to encourage disabled people to achieve big things in their own lives, he is an awe-inspiring diversity and inclusion speaker who is eager to support the next generation.
Growing up David competed as a wheelchair athlete in the London Youth Games gaining
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David Weir
2012 Paralympic Games, London, United Kingdom
- T54 800m: Gold
- T54 1500m: Gold
- T54 5000m: Gold
- T54 Marathon: Gold
2008 Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
- T54 800m: Gold
- T54 1500m: Gold
- T54 400m: Silver
- T54 5000m: Bronze
2004 Paralympic Games, Athens, Greece
- T54 100m: Silver
- T54 200m: Bronze
2016 IPC Athletics European Championships, Grosseto, Italy
- T54 400m: Gold
- T54 800m: Gold
- T54 1500m: Gold
- T54 5000m: Gold
2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Doha, Qatar
- T54 1500m: Silver
- T54 Marathon: Silver
2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, Christchurch, New Zealand
- T54 800m: Gold
- T54 1500m: Gold
- T54 5000m: Gold
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David Weir (athlete)
British wheelchair athlete
For other people with this name, see David Weir.
David Russell WeirCBE (born 5 June 1979) is a British Paralympicwheelchair 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 born with a spinal cord transection that left him unable to use his legs.[1]
Personal life
Weir was born in Wallington, part of the London Borough of Sutton.[2] He cannot use his legs due to a congenitalspinal cord transection.[1] As a child he was a talented wheelchair athlete, representing Sutton in wheelchair athletics at the London Youth Games, and won the junior event at the London marathon (the mini wheelchair race) seven times. At school Weir was frustrated by a lack of sporting activities for wheelchair users, but after years of persistence he developed a skill for wheelchair racing that would define his career and lead to multiple Paralympic successes.[3]
Weir has four children: Mason,[4] Lenny
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