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Kevin Saunders (born December 8, 1955, in Smith Center, Kansas) is an American paralympian, author, and motivational speaker. He was the first person with a disability appointed to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and remains the only person to serve two consecutive terms under different administrations, first under George H. W. Bush, and later reappointed by President Bill Clinton.〔(President Announces Appointment of 14 Members to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports ). White House Press Release, May 24, 1994.〕 ==Athletic career== Two years after his injury, Kevin Saunders was persuaded by a friend to enter his first wheelchair race, the Peachtree Road Race 10K. Lacking the proper equipment and training – he attempted to complete the course in a hospital wheelchair unsuitable for racing – he was disqualified from the event for failing to maintain pace with other competitors. Despite the early setback, however, he continued to enter competitions, finding success at the regional, and then national levels. In 1984, Saunders won the bronze medal in the National Wheelchair Athletic Association's Track and Field competition. He would go on to win hundreds of medals in both domestic and international competitions, including: • Gold medal, 1986 (pentathlon) World Track Competition, Adelaide, Australia • Bronze medal, 1988 Paralympics, Seoul, South Korea • Gold medal (pentathlon), 1990 Pan American Games, Caracas, Venezuela • Gold medal (pentathlon) and world record, 1991 Track and Field Championships, Stoke Mandeville, England • Gold medal (pentathlon) and world record, 1992 Paralympics trials, for Barcelona, Spain • 1996 qualified for (pentathlon) the Paralympics and competed in 1996 Paralympics Trials, Atlanta, Georgia After winning the World Track & Field Championships in England in 1989, Saunders was declared "The World's Greatest All-Around Wheelchair Athlete".〔 At the 1992 Paralympic Trials in Salt Lake City, Saunders broke the pentathlon world record. 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「Kevin Saunders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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