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SPORTS - TRIATHLON
INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS PRODUCTS SOCIAL MEDIA
| At the age of 22, John suffered multiple breaks following a car accident but refused to let his paralysis interfere with achieving his goals. During his four month recuperation period in hospital, John continued to set goals and plan his next sporting achievement.
As Australia's most prominent male wheelchair athlete, 34 year old Maclean has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia and the Australian Sports Medal for services to Australian Sport.John chose never to be defined by his wheelchair. He adapted to life in a wheelchair by pushing extraordinary boundaries in sporting achievement as a wheelchair athlete. He consciously challenged and changed his belief system.
In 2013 John embarked on his most extraordinary transformation to date, leaving the wheels behind…..he is a sought after Corporate Speaker. |
| Skier, cyclist, trekker, triathlete, world and Australian record holder, Paralympian, Olympian....read on for more of Michaels amazing story.
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| A short but instructive You Tube profile of Pieter du Preez on a home trainer demonstrating his brake/gears/grip set up. He is also the first person with quadriplegia to complete an Ironman (also see 'Sports / Triathlon'). |
| While Pieter du Preez is the first quadriplegic athlete to complete an Ironman, his message reaches out to everyone. |
| To start off, racing motocross was my life plan since I could remember, honestly. There was one thing in my life that I wanted to do and it was to race professionally in front of thousands of people. Everything up until I was injured revolved around racing somehow. Motocross was a way for me to express myself and my determination, it kept me focused and out of trouble as well. I couldn’t believe that with one crash all that went away, or so I thought. |
| When I was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy I was advised to "quit athletics and learn something useful like key punch". Other doctors said "Don't overdo it".
Not gonna happen.
I strive to live life to the fullest, to find my own limits, to redefine what is possible for an athlete living with MD and to ensure that people with similar disabilities are not told to "quit athletics".
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| ITU has committed to support the development of paratriathlon for over 15 years. There are currently six categories for physically challenged athletes to compete in over the sprint paratriathlon distance of 750m swim, 20km bike (handcycle/tandem), 5km run (wheelchair) at the ITU World Triathlon Championships each year.Paratriathlon has been accepted for inclusion for the IPC’s 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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| It's rewriting the rules on how you control your
shifting, dropper post and suspension lockout.
XShifter converts ANY bike to wireless shifting
in just a few minutes utilizing your existing drive train components. It's affordable, reliable AND it can be VOICE ACTIVATED! YES...VOICE ACTIVATED - NO HANDS!
Any derailleur, cassette or chain ring. Any manufacturer. Any handcycle. Any recumbent cycle! (see some of the YouTube footage links herein). |
| The Ironman event is 2.4 miles in the water, 112 miles on the bike, and 26.2 on the pavement. But John Dermengian's Ironman journey, the journey on which he proved that anything is possible, began a few years earlier when diagnosed with ulcerative collitis -- and there was nobody cheering then.
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