Travis Mohr (born May 1, 1981) is a former world record setting Paralympic swimmer and civil engineer. Born without

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s in both of his legs, Mohr began swimming lessons at the age of 5. Mohr went on to compete in the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...

at the age of 15. Though he did not medal, Mohr continued competing and qualified for the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games where he won a bronze and gold medal in his classification. In 2002 at the

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World Championships he won two more gold medals. At the Canadian Open in 2003 he set three new world records: the 100m freestyle, the 200m individual medley and the 100m breaststroke. He broke his own 100m breaststroke record later that year at the Last Chance Meet in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2004 Mohr broke his own record for the second time at the Paralympic swim trials in Minnesota and set a new world record in the 50m breaststroke. Mohr went on to win a gold and silver medal at the

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. Mohr broke his world record again for the 50m breaststroke. Mohr graduated from

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in 2004 with a degree in

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. In 2003 and 2004 Mohr was the recipient of the

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Trischa L. Zorn Award. Mohr was nominated in 2004 for an

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for Best Athlete with a Disability.

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