For the member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, see Rick Hansen (politician).
Rick Hansen
Hansen in 2014
Personal information
Birth name
Richard Marvin Hansen
Nationality
Canadian
Born
(1957-08-26) August 26, 1957 (age 66) Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation(s)
Disability activist, former paralympian
Spouse
Amanda Reid
(m. 1987)
Sport
Country
Canada
Sport
Track and Field
Medal record
Paralympic Games
1980 Arnhem
800 m 4
1984 Stoke Mandeville
1500 m 4
1984 Stoke Mandeville
Marathon 4
1980 Arnhem
1500 m 4
1984 Stoke Mandeville
5000 m 4
1980 Arnhem
4×100 m relay 2–5
Richard Marvin HansenCC OBC (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian track and field athlete (Paralympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities. Following a pickup truck crash at the age of 15, Hansen sustained a spinal cord injury and became a paraplegic. Hansen is most famous for his Man in Motion World Tour, in which he circled the globe in a wheelchair to raise funds for charity. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.[1] He was one of the final torchbearers in the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2] He was profiled and spoke during the 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony.[3]
^Rick Hansen, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
^Sherlock, Tracy (February 10, 2010). "Canada's Man in Motion kicks off party in Richmond". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
^"Canadian heroes Fox, Hansen invoked to open 2010 Paralympics". CityNews. March 13, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
Paralympics opening ceremony. Born in Port Alberni, British Columbia in 1957, RickHansen grew up in Williams Lake, British Columbia. He had an active childhood...
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per month: 958 miles (1,542 km) Details: Canadian wheelchair athlete RickHansen pushed his way through 34 countries on four continents. He wheeled on...
disabilities and to find a cure for paralysis after spinal cord injury, RickHansen logged 40,075 km through 34 countries on four continents (North America...
Emily’s Reasons Why Not review by Brian Lowry at variety.com "On screen, Hansen is a man in motion again" by Marsha Lederman at www.theglobeandmail.com...
1984's Hard to Hold, directed by Larry Peerce and starring Rick Springfield. In 1993, Hansen returned to modeling when designer Calvin Klein used 1970s-era...
wheelchair athlete and activist RickHansen; it became the theme to St. Elmo's Fire (a "Brat Pack" film unrelated to Hansen's life or achievements). Parr...
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player Laurent Duvernay-Tardif as the most recent co-winners. In 1982, RickHansen was the auxiliary award of special merit winner (he won nine gold medals...
Grieco worked as a model for Armani, Calvin Klein and Chanel. He played Rick Gardner on One Life to Live from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, Grieco began appearing...
year 314 RickHansen-Creditview NB To RickHansen Secondary School SB To Creditview Road & Bristol Road West Regular school year 315 RickHansen-City Centre...
was inspired by RickHansen's 1986 Man in Motion Tour's true story that challenged perceptions about disability. In the movie, RickHansen, a disabled athlete...
RickHansen Institute and the Brenda and Davide McLean Integrated Spine Clinic and is a partnership of the University of British Columbia, the Rick Hansen...
Bonnie Stern. TBA "RickHansen/Lazarus and the Hurricanes/Ann B. Davis" TBA 18 April 1991 (1991-04-18) TBA Featuring athlete RickHansen, wheelchair basketball...
all backgrounds and capabilities". In 2004, the airport received the RickHansen Accessibility Award, which recognizes "facilities and communities that...
Mobius, Rick's "uncle" and a family man able to slow down time. Ryan Hansen as The Observers Maria Bamford as: Churry, a sentient churro Rick brought...
Bageria is from Mississauga, Ontario and is of Indian descent. He attended RickHansen Secondary School in Mississauga. His mother, Parmjit Rathaur, is a psychotherapist...
Strategy for Cancer Control, Health Canada Tobacco Control Programs, RickHansen Foundation, Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative. Each of these...
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