Roy Perkins

Roy Perkins

Perkins at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality  United States
Born (1990-05-09) May 9, 1990[1]
Washington, D.C., United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Weight 140 lb (64 kg)[2]
Sport
Sport Swimming

Roy Perkins (born May 9, 1990) is an American paralympic swimmer who competes in the S5 classification. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, Perkins won one gold and one bronze medal.[2] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, he won two silver and two bronze medals. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics he won one gold and one silver medal.[3]

Perkins was born without hands or feet and first learned to swim when he was 12 years old.[4] He attended The Bishop's School in San Diego and later Stanford University.[5] In 2006, the San Diego Hall of Champions named him its Challenged Athlete Star of the Year.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Roy Perkins". London 2012 Official Website. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  2. 1 2 3 "U.S. Paralympics Profile: Roy Perkins". U.S. Paralympics. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  3. ↑ Roy Perkins. rio2016.com
  4. ↑ "Del Mar's Roy Perkins, Jr. to swim for Gold in London". Del Mar Times. 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  5. ↑ Eymer, Rick (2012-10-05). "Stanford Olympians have their day as life (sort of) returns to normal". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  6. ↑ "2006 Challenged Athlete Star of the Year, Roy Perkins Jr.". San Diego Hall of Champions. 2007-01-22. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
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