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:''For the general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints see W. Christopher Waddell'' }} Chris Waddell (born 1968) is an American Paralympic sit-skier and wheelchair track athlete. He was a promising able-bodied skier while attending Middlebury College in Vermont, before a skiing accident left him paralysed from the waist down.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chris Waddell: Skiing, track and road racing )〕 As a sit-skier, Waddell won medals in the 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2002 Winter Paralympics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Athlete Search Results: Chris Waddell )〕 As a wheelchair track racer, he represented the USA at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Athlete Search Results: Christopher Waddell )〕 He won a silver medal in the 200m T53 event at the Sydney Paralympic Games. In 2004, he set a T53 world record time for this distance which still stands today.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IPC Athletics Records )〕 In 2010 Waddell was inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paralympic Hall of Fame Inductees 2010 )〕 On May 5, 2010 Chris Waddell was named the 2010 Shining Star of Perseverance Honoree by the WillReturn Council of Assurant Employee Benefits to honor and recognize individuals and groups who overcome disabilities to succeed in the workplace and society.〔(TheStreet )〕〔(National Underwriter )〕 == References == 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 Waddell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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