David Prince

Prince (right) with Blake Leeper and Oscar Pistorius at the 2012 Paralympics Men's 400m T44 victory ceremony.
David Prince
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
2012 London Men's 400m T43/44
IPC Athletics World Championships
2013 Lyon Men's 400m T44
2013 Lyon Men's 200m T44

David Prince (born 10 September 1983) is a USA sprint runner who runs in the T44 class.[1] He was raised by missionary parents and traveled frequently, living for a while in Oaxaca, Mexico. He lost his right leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident in 2002.

Athletics career

In 2010, Prince won a gold medal at the U.S. Paralympic National Championship in the 400m event, a silver medal in the long jump and a bronze medal in the 200m event. In 2011, Prince won a gold medal at the 2011 Parapan American Games in the 200m and 400m events. In 2011 at the IPC World Championship, he won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and a bronze medal in the 400m event. In 2011 U.S. at the Paralympic National Championship, he won a gold medal in the 200m and 400m events and a silver medal in the 100m race.[2]

Prince narrowly missed qualifying for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. In the 2012 Paralympic Games, Prince won an individual bronze medal in the 400 meter T43/44 event,[3] in a new world record time for his own T44 classification.[4]

References

  1. ↑ David Prince, London 2012 Paralympics, retrieved 21 September 2012
  2. ↑ David Prince, Team USA, retrieved 21 September 2012
  3. ↑ Bensch, Bob (8 September 2012), Pistorius Wins 400 Meters for First Paralympics Individual Gold, Bloomberg News, retrieved 8 September 2012
  4. ↑ "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Athletics - Men's 400 m T44". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

See also

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