As the title says, do we have any Paralympians reading the forum?

If so, don't be shy, tell us what you're up to.

What's your sport, how's your training going?

Regards

Simon

Well im no longer a Paralympian but i used to be, my sports were Archery, Rifle Shooting, Pistol Shooting, getting involved in wheelchair sport was the best thing i could have done as it opened a whole new life for me and enabled to see the world, i enjoyed every minute of it, i was selected for 3 Paralympic games and various other championships, i would recommended it to anyone who enjoys participating in sport.

My plan is to swim the 50 and 100 meter breaststroke :

http://www.usoc.org/2007OpenCanAmSWIMChamps.MeetPacket.pdf

I haven't swam, well trained since college but my times are now at the "won't embarrass" myself level. So I still have time train and hope to be competitive.

Any other unseen surgeries aside thats the plan.

Be Big,
Alan

I play sled hockey, and 3 from our team are with the olympic team.

If I have to be as good as them I have lots of work ahead of me, but it's a goal of mine.

I don't do any of the sports but I have a friend who competes in fencing

hey this is justin i lost my password to my old name.. but my friend brian kirklin is in rugby he lives right down the road from me.. i plan on playing wheelchair basketball soon

Hey Justin, you mean Bryan Kirkland, the 2.0 from the USA team?

Well, I would have been a Paralympian in 1984 and 1988 (10m Air Rifle) but the South African team was banned from all international events. I quit in 1989 after getting tired of shooting against myself every year. Got to admit that it still galls me!

can anyone give me any info on shooting. i love guns an am darn good with a rifle.

I Did 10m Air Rifle, 10m Air Pistol and 50m .22 Free Pistol at the Paralympics, will be glad to give you any information you need, just let me know what you want to know.

I am disabled myself, but still coach disability football to special education needs schools.

Well I play Sled Hockey and am hoping to get onto the Womens National team this year. Women arent allowed to play sled hockey in the paralymics but USA is getting a national team together this year in hopes of other countries following suite so they can petition for it to be an olympic sport in 2010.

I sail, here is my site with a few articles on some trips.

Unfortunately I was in an auto accident this last June which ended my trip back east to the trials for actually qualifying for the games. I was considered one of the top 4 in the nation at the time. OH WELL

I was named to the 2001 team. I now sail the 2.4mR which I own 2 of. I am getting a new van soon and will be back on the road.

I also help with a sailing site SailingAnarchy.com which covers sailing. We have a forum with over 1 million posts and 20,000 members.

Oh, I live in the Ventura/Oxnard area of Calif.

Im not a paralympian yet but dream of being one in 2012 (hopefully) my sports are wheelchair basketball of which i play national leauge & wheelchair tennis along with the odd bit of sit skiing which is grate fun cost my parents a small forutne to get me to training though for basketball as their are no clubs near me but its really worth it

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What team do you play for?

Emma.

I used to do a lot of horse riding before and when I was diagnosed with MS I was going to be assessed as a para rider, this never happened as I was always to ill, but then I had my accident and became paralysed and I'm not able to sit on a horse at all now.