Jason Lachance
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 200 metres - T34
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 100 metres - T34
Silver medal – second place 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.

Lachance stopped competing in 2007 after a serious accident. After years of hydrotherapy and rehab, he got back on the track in 2014. Due to limited mobility as a result of his injury, Lachance is now a T33 classified athlete. [1] He is a past world record holder in the 100m, 200m & 400m sprint events. T34 classified athletes[2][3]

References

  1. ^ profile on paralympic.org
  2. ^ "IPC Athletics Records". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18.
  3. ^ "Athletes heading to Sydney hope corporate sponsorship spurs recognition". Ottawa Sun. 29 August 2000. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)


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