Tuesday 17 July 2012

David Weir is an paralympic athlete

            David Weir
                        Biography


David Weir was born on the 5th June 1979 and is an elite British Paralympic  wheel chair athlete from London , England. On 13th April 2008 David won his 3rd London marathon in a row and his fourth in total. He came 3rd in the 2010 London marathon, after getting a flat tyre on his new wheel chair. He won the 2012 London marathon which was his sixth in a London marathon.  He is very talented even though he is disabled which shows that even disabled people are the same as normal people.


He has been described by the Canadian broadcasting corporation as one of the best wheelchair athlete in the world which made David Weir very happy!  David Weir currently holds the British record at all track distances up to 5,000 m, as well as on the road at 10 km, half marathon, and marathon.


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