Chris Daw

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rdf:langString Christopher Daw

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rdf:langString Christopher Daw (born February 1, 1970, in North York, Ontario) is a Paralympian who's name goes into the Canadian sports history books as one of its most versatile athletes. He has competed in adaptive track, marathons, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, wheelchair rugby, and curling for Canada. He was once considered the fastest wheelchair athlete in 1985 through 1987, and is the only Canadian athlete to represent Canada at multiple Paralympic Games for multiple different sports. He is also one of the few athletes to represent Canada at both Summer & Winter Paralympic Games. In 1986, he won 6 Gold medals and set 6 world records at the first World Games for disabled youth in Nottingham, England. He was a member of the 1984 & 1988 Canadian Paralympic adaptive track teams; a member of the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball team, and member of the Canadian Wheelchair Rugby Team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics before taking up wheelchair curling in 2000. During Daw's athletic career he has attended over 125 National Championships, 64 World Championships, 4 Paralympics, and 1 Olympics for a medal total of over 1000+ for Canada including a dozen World Championships, 19 World records and Paralympic medal performances. Some of his sports include Canadian representation for Track, Basketball, Rugby, Volleyball, and Curling. However; he has also dabbled in just about every conceivable Para sport available as an elite athlete at international, national, and provincial levels.