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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Oz Sanchez

Disability class
  
H4 (cycling)

Sport
  
Cycling, triathlon

Website
  
www.knownolimits.com


Oz Sanchez Olympic Gold Medalist World Champion Oz Sanchez


Born
  
December 1975 (age 39–40)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Residence
  
San Diego, California, U.S.

Occupation
  
Former US Marine Corps Special Forces. Motivational speaker.

Education
  
San Diego State University

Nominations
  
Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award

Profiles

Oz sanchez overcoming adversity


Oscar "Oz" Sanchez (born December 1975) is an American Paralympic handcyclist and triathlete. A former Marine, he has a spinal cord injury following a motorcycle accident in 2001. He started handcycling competitively in 2006, and competes in the H4 classification. He won medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games, and at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Contents

Oz Sanchez Marine Corps Trials The Official USO Blog

His story is featured in the 2009 documentary Unbeaten, directed by Steven C. Barber.

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Oz Sanchez Pro Jordan Rapp tagging off Operation Rebound athlete and

Oz Sanchez Paralyzed Veterans of America Member Oz Sanchez World

References

Oz Sanchez Wikipedia