Gerry O'Rourke
Gerry O'Rourke is a former Irish wheelchair athlete. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the 400 metre wheelchair race and a bronze in both the 100 and 800 metre races.[1] In 1986, he won the fourth London Marathon men's wheelchair race, defeating the 1985 and 1987 champion Chris Hallam after Hallam was slowed by illness and mechanical problems.[2] He is also a three-time winner of the Dublin Marathon. In 2001, O'Rourke successfully sued a travel company which had booked him and his family in a second-floor apartment during a vacation in Spain despite his being in a wheelchair.[3]
References
- ^ Gerry O'Rourke at the International Paralympic Committee
- ^ "London Marathon History" (pdf). Flora London Marathon. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ Managh, Ray (2001-02-15). "Wheelchair hero put on second floor of hotel". The Mirror. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
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