Gerry O'Rourke explained

Gerry O'Rourke
Sport:Paralympic athletics
Disability Class:A1

Gerry O'Rourke is a former Irish wheelchair athlete. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the 400 metre wheelchair race and a bronze in both the 100 and 800 metre races.[1] In 1986, he won the fourth London Marathon men's wheelchair race, defeating the 1985 and 1987 champion Chris Hallam after Hallam was slowed by illness and mechanical problems.[2] He is also a three-time winner of the Dublin Marathon.

References

  1. Web site: Gerry O'Rourke . Paralympic.org . .
  2. Web site: London Marathon History . Flora London Marathon . pdf . 2009-05-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090424095757/http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/site/content/file/downloads/med_09/4.pdf . 2009-04-24 .