Nationality Canadian Name Earle Connor Sport Athletics | Country Canada Height 173 cm (68 in) (2008) Weight 66 kg | |
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Born July 30, 1976 (age 47) ( 1976-07-30 ) Castlegar, British Columbia Event(s) 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, long jump Paralympic finals 2008 Summer Paralympics: 100 m T42 – Gold 2000 Summer Paralympics: 100 m T42 – Gold
2000 Summer Paralympics: 200 m T42 – Silver | ||
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Earle Connor (born July 30, 1976) is a Canadian Paralympic amputee sprinter. Connor holds several athletics world records in the class of T42, or above-knee, amputee.
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Early life
Earle Connor was born July 30, 1976 in Castlegar, British Columbia to Dave and Diane Connor. Because he was born without a left fibula, his left leg was amputated above-the-knee when he was 3 months old. At the age of 9 months Earle was fitted with his first prosthetic leg.
Growing up in rural Saskatchewan, Connor played all available sports, excelling at hockey, tennis and baseball, and graduated from Rosthern Junior College. Connor was the first amputee ever drafted into the Canadian Junior Hockey system as a goaltender.
Paralympic career
Connor was inspired by watching television coverage of the 1996 Summer Paralympics to become an amputee sprinter with the goal of competing at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. At the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, he took gold in the 100-metre final, but finished second in the 200 metres when a misstep on the first corner cost him a few seconds.
He returned to the Paralympics in 2008, winning gold in the men's T42 100 m sprint and setting a new Paralympic record time of 12.32 seconds.
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