Zachary Gingras
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Full name | Zachary Gingras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 23) Markham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 183 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 200m, 400m, 800m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | I Be Fast Track Club: Toronto, ON, CAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Heather Hennigar [national], CAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zachary Gingras (born 30 July 2001) is a Canadian Paralympic athlete.[1]
Career
He started para athletics aged 15 in Toronto. Gingras has played for the Canadian Para Soccer Team.[2] At the Parapan American Games in Lima, his major Games debut, he raced to a silver medal in the T38 400m final with a time of 53.16 seconds, a personal best. His debut Paralympic appearance representing Canada at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3]
He secured his first-ever Paralympic medal men's T38 400m event with a lifetime-best of 50.85 seconds, during the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[4]
Mayor Frank Scarpitti the Mayor of Markham proclaimed 31 August 2021 as 'Zachary Gingras Day'.[5]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Proclamation_Zachary_Gingras_day.jpg/220px-Proclamation_Zachary_Gingras_day.jpg)
Personal history
Gingras lives with cerebral palsy.[6] He is a computer science student at the University of Victoria.[7]
References
- ^ "Zachary Gingras". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Zachary Gingras". CanadaSoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Zachary Gingras". Paralympics.ca. Canadian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Paralympic wake-up call: Canadian races to bronze on track with lifetime-best performance | CBC Sports". newswwc.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Mayor Frank Scarpitti proclaims honary day". Twitter.com/FrankScarpitti. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Zachary Gingras runs to bronze in men's T38 400m final". cbc.ca. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Zachary Gingras captures bronze in men's 400m at Tokyo Paralympics". ctvnews.ca. 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
External links
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- Zachary Gingras at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Zachary Gingras at the International Paralympic Committee
- Zachary Gingras at the Canadian Soccer Association
- Zachary Gingras at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games