Luke Gingras is a

paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

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competing mainly in category TW3 wheelchair racing events. Luke competed in just the marathon at his first Paralympics in

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1988 Summer Paralympics The 1988 Summer Paralympics () were the first Paralympics in 24 years to take place in the same city as the 1988 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games. They took place in Seoul, South Korea. This was the first time the term "Paralympic" was used officia ...

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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

he competed in the 100m, 400m and Marathon as well as winning bronze medals in the 200m and 800m and a silver as part of the German 4 × 400 m relay team.profile on paralympic.org
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Paralympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Canada Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada Living people Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Canadian male wheelchair racers {{Canada-Paralympic-medalist-stub