Gary Longhi | |
Sport: | Paralympic cycling |
Birth Date: | 2 July 1964 |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Retired: | 2001 |
Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Gary Longhi (2 July 1964 - 2 July 2020) was a Canadian Paralympic cyclist who competed in road cycling elite events and took part in four Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2000. He was the first Canadian para-cyclist to be inducted into the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame in 2017. In 1983, Longhi was involved in a serious motorcycle crash which resulted in a life changing brain injury and was severely disabled. He spent three months in a coma and had a tracheotomy.[1] [2]
Longhi died on his 56th birthday after going through euthanasia for two cancers, one of which was incurable.[3]