Sport

Athletics

Country

Denmark

Disability group

Spinal cord injury

Achievements

Hansen took home a total of nine gold medals combined from the Paralympic Games in Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992. She was successful at both competitions with racing in the women's 1,500m, 800m, and the women's marathon. Hansen also showed the spectators her consistent 800m victories, along with other events at several World Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games. Named "Athlete of the Year" in 1992 by the Danish Sport Organisation for the Disabled, she is an Executive Committee member of the National Paralympic Committee of Denmark.

Sport

Swimming

Country

Germany

Disability group

Les Autres

Achievements

Hengst has been active and winning medals in every Paralympic Games since Seoul 1988. She impressed audiences the most with her debut in Korea with six gold medals. Barcelona 1992 saw her biggest collection of medals, totalling eight, with gold medals in the 100m butterfly, medley and three freestyle events. Hengst also took away several medals at the World Championships in Malta, Christchurch and Argentina.

Sport

Cycling

Country

Australia

Disability group

Cerebral palsy

Achievements

Homann competed in three consecutive Paralympic Games, winning both gold and silver medals. In Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, he won the gold medal for the mixed bicycle road race CP. In Athens, four years later, he picked up the gold in the Team sprint event and the silver in the 3,000m men's individual pursuit bicycle CP. Successfully competing in events before and in between the Games in Belgium and the USA, he has also been the Team captain for the Australian Paralympic Cycling Team. Homann is the athlete's representative on the Cycling Australia Athletes' Commission.

Sport

Athletics

Country

Canada

Disability group

Spinal cord injury

Achievements

Viger competed in five Paralympic Games, including Arnhem 1980, Stoke Mandeville/New York 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996. Winning gold medals for the marathon competition both in Stoke Mandeville/New York and Seoul, he picked up the gold in Barcelona for the men's 10,000m race. In 1986, Viger was named "Athlete of the Year" in Quebec and was the recipient of the Maurice Richard Award from the Saint-Jean-Baptist Society. Although he passed away last year, his influence on many Canadian athletes will continue.

Sport

Cycling

Country

Australia

Achievements

Defying any assumptions about number of medals possible, McIntosh led his athletes in collecting a total of 10 gold medals as well as several silver and bronze medals each in Sydney and in Athens. McIntosh received the award for Australian Paralympic Committee Coach of the Year in 2000, 2002 and 2004. He has been committed to the development of athletes with an impairment throughout Australia to ensure the success of its Paralympic Cycling Team.