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Scott Winkler is an American Paralympic track and field athlete who competes in men's shot put. Winkler is a United States Army veteran who was paralyzed below the chest in Tikrit, Iraq in 2003 after he fell off a truck while holding 50 pounds of ammunition. He won a gold medal and set a new world record mark for class F54 with a throw of 10.23 metres and 1053 points while competing in the men's shot put at the 2007 Para Pan American Games.〔http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070817/sports/sports1.html〕 He also competed for Team USA at the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he placed fifth in the shot put F55/56 event. The documentary film ''Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing'' features Winkler's individual story as he trained to try for a berth on the 2008 U.S. Paralympic team.〔http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2011/10/stockton_to_host_screening_of.html〕 ==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「Scott Winkler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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