Gerry O'Rourke

Gerry O'Rourke is a former Irish wheelchair athlete. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the 400 metre wheelchair race and a bronze in both the 100 and 800 metre races.^[1] In 1986, he won the fourth London Marathon men's wheelchair race, defeating the 1985 and 1987 champion Chris Hallam after Hallam was slowed by illness and mechanical problems.^[2] He is also a three-time winner of the Dublin Marathon. In 2001, O'Rourke successfully sued a travel company which had booked him and his family in a second-floor apartment during a vacation in Spain despite his being in a wheelchair.^[3]

References

1. ↑ gerry 's profile on paralympic.org
2. ↑ "London Marathon History" (pdf). Flora London Marathon. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
3. ↑ Managh, Ray (2001-02-15). "Wheelchair hero put on second floor of hotel". The Mirror. Retrieved 2009-05-19.