Jason Lachance

Jason Lachance
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney 200 metres - T34
2000 Sydney 100 metres - T34
2000 Sydney 400 metres - T34

Jason Lachance is a paralympic wheelchair racer from Canada competing mainly in sprint events.

Lachance has competed in three Paralympic Games. His first was in 1996 where he competed in the T34 100m & 400m. His great success came in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where he won silver in the 100m, gold in the 200m and a second silver in the 400m all in the T34 class. In 2004 he was competing in combined T53/T34 events and ended the games without a medal.[1]

He is a past world record holder in the 100m, 200m & 400m sprint events. T34 classified athletes[2] [3]

References

  1. profile on paralympic.org
  2. "IPC Athletics Records". International Paralympic Committee.
  3. "Athletes heading to Sydney hope corporate sponsorship spurs recognition". Ottawa Sun. 29 August 2000. Retrieved 20 January 2013.


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