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}} Christopher "Chris" Alexander Hallam, MBE (31 December 1962 – 16 August 2013) was a Welsh Paralympian and wheelchair athlete.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paralympic athlete and wheelchair sport 'icon' Chris Hallam dies )〕 He competed at four Paralympic Games; Stoke Mandeville, England (1984), Seoul, South Korea (1988), Barcelona, Spain (1992) and Atlanta, United States (1996), as well as two Commonwealth Games; Auckland, New Zealand (1990) and Victoria, British Columbia (1994). ==Personal history== Born in Derbyshire, Hallam was raised in Cwmbran, South Wales. He attended Llantarnam School, where he became a competitive swimmer, with aspirations of competing for Wales. A motorcycle accident at age 17 (en route to a training session) resulted in his becoming a wheelchair user. After rehabilitation he spent some time living and traveling in South Africa, before returning to the UK and becoming involved in wheelchair sport. He later studied for his undergraduate and MBA degrees at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.〔 In 2002 he became a Winston Churchill Fellow writing his report on the access of disabled people to specialist training equipment and gyms. Although a successful kidney transplant in 1996 (with a living donation from his father), in latter years he experienced ill health. He was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2011 and received chemotherapy treatment.〔 He died on 16 August 2013, aged 50, and was survived by his parents (John and Anne) and a sister (Julie). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Hallam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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