Brent McMahon (wheelchair racer) explained

Birth Date:	3 January 1966
Birth Place:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sport:	Paralympic athletics
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Brent McMahon (born January 3, 1966) is a former paralympic athlete from Canada.

In 1986 McMahon injured his spine in an automobile accident—and quickly resumed his athletic pursuits. From 1986 to 1995 McMahon played for provincial, national, and state (US) wheelchair rugby teams, leading the Atlanta Rolling Thunder to two National Championships appearances.

McMahon has competed in two Paralympics. He placed first (1996) and fifth (2000) in the marathon, sixth (1996) and eleventh (2000) in the 5000m, and seventh (2000) in the 1500m.^{[1] [2]}

• Atlanta 1996 5000M Marathon — Gold Medal^[3]
• Sydney 2000^[4] 1500 M 5000 M Marathon

Personal life

McMahon lives in Pawleys Island, SC. He was educated at Carleton University and is the co-founder of Screen 5ive media. He is married to Ann Marie with whom he has a daughter, Connor.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brent McMahon . Paralympic.ca . . 20 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724053337/http://www.paralympic.ca/task.html?lang=en&profileid=37814 . 24 July 2012.
2. Web site: Brent McMahon . Paralympic.org . . 2 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200525044035/https://www.paralympic.org/results/historical?Medal=all&fname=Brent&games=all&gender=all&name=McMahon&npc=all&sport=all . 25 May 2020 .
3. News: Sun sets on golden Paralympics for Canada . https://archive.today/20120729140627/http://www.canoe.ca/Paralympics/aug26_golden.html . 29 July 2012 . 26 August 1996 . Canoe.ca . 20 May 2011 . usurped.
4. Web site: Athlete listing: Paralympics . https://archive.today/20120721204323/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesTeamCanada/paralympics.html . 21 July 2012 . 2000 . Canoe.ca . 20 May 2011 . usurped.