Clayton Gerein
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| Born | 24 May 1964 Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clayton Gerein (May 24, 1964 – January 22, 2010) was a Canadian wheelchair athlete, who won 14 medals in racing events at the Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2008.[1][2]
Born and raised in
2008 Paralympics.[4] Clayton lived in Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan for a long part of his lifetime and career and was seen all around town practicing.[5]
Clayton also coached and mentored Paralympic Champion Lisa Franks, after he met her while she was in the hospital recovering from a spinal cord injury.[6]
Gerein was named SaskSport's male athlete of the year in 1987, 1996 and 2001.[3][7]
Gerein died from a
References
- ^ "Clayton Gerein - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Clayton Gerein - Canadian Paralympic Committee". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 20 August 2022.
- ^ a b Clayton Gerein at the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.
- ^ a b c Rob Vanstone, "Seven-time Paralympian Clayton Gerein dies at age 45" Archived 2018-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Regina Leader-Post, January 25, 2010.
- ^ "About Pilot Butte". Town of Pilot Butte. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ L Franks, "Lisa Franks Biography" Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine. lisafranks.net, August 26, 2008.
- ^ "Clayton Gerein - Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame". Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. 20 August 2022.
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