Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Track and field (athletics) | ||
Competitor for Canada | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
Gold | 2000 Sydney | 200 metres - T52 |
Gold | 2000 Sydney | 400 metres - T52 |
Gold | 2000 Sydney | 800 metres - T52 |
Gold | 2000 Sydney | 1500 metres - T52 |
Gold | 2004 Athens | 200 metres - T52 |
Gold | 2004 Athens | 400 metres - T52 |
Silver | 2000 Sydney | 100 metres - T52 |
Lisa Franks is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Lisa has won six paralympic gold medals, four of them in the 2000 Summer Paralympics. In the 2000 games she won the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m and was beaten into silver medal in the 100m by Switzerland's Ursina Greuter. In 2004 she defended her 200m and 400m titles. In readiness for the 2008 Summer Paralympics Lisa had taken up wheelchair basketball and was a part of the Canadian team that finished fifth.[1]