The best Paralympic athletes are inculcated with courage, determination, inspiration and equality, and above all a great sports spirit
Paralympians are really an inspiration for those who are disabled as well as non-disabled people as well. The best athletes in the Paralympics have proven that sports have nothing to do with disabilities, they have overcome the odds.
Best Paralympic Athletes Ahead Of Tokyo Paralympics 2020
1. Tricha Zorn
Tricha Zorn is the most successful Paralympic athlete as she has won 32 gold, 9 Silver, and 5 Bronze. She was blind by birth but has proved herself as a great swimmer and bagged 8 world records in the disabled category.
2. Ragnhild Myklebust
She entered the world of Paralympics after her 30s and recorded most medals ever won at Winter Paralympics. She is a strong polio survivor.
3. Beatrice Hess
Beatrice is an amazing Paralympic Swimmer and is considered one of the best swimmers in the world. She has bagged 20 gold and 5 silver Paralympic medals, she has mild Cerebral Palsy. Hess broke 9 world records.
4. Jonas Jacobson
He is a Swedish sports shooter who has won 17 gold, 4 silver, and 9 bronze. He lived his life in a wheelchair and he started shooting at a very early age. He won gold in 9 consecutive Paralympic games.
5. Natalia Partyka
Natalia was born without her right hand. She is the World’s youngest Paralympian when she competed in 2000. She bagged 5 gold, 2 Silver, and 1 bronze medal in the Paralympics.
6. Ellie Simmonds
She was the Paralympic Swimmer with a genetic disorder ‘Achondroplasia’. She has won 2 gold medals at the Paralympic.
7. Chantal Petitclec
This Canadian athlete has won 20 gold, 9 silver, and 3 bronze at the Paralympic. She got spinal cord injury and became disabled, she wasn’t born disabled. She is a wheelchair racer.
8. Zipora Rubin Rosenbaum
She bagged 30 Paralympic Medals including 15 gold, 8 silver, and 7 bronze. She represented multiple sports including shot put, Javelin Throw, Discus Throw, Pentathlon, Swimming, table tennis, and Basketball, and was a versatile Athlete.
9. David Lee Pearson
David bagged 11 gold medals in Paralympics. He was born with a disability called arthrogryposis multiplex congenital due to which he wasn’t able to walk. He proved himself a great rider even after a severe disability.
10. Tanni Grey-Thompson
Tanni Grey was the most successful disabled athlete in the entire UK. Tanni has won 11 gold, 4 silver, and bronze.