Walter Dann Explained

Walter Dann
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Nationality:Canadian
Citizenship:Canadian
Birth Date: c.1944
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1]
Country: Canada
Sport:Wheelchair Athletic
Updated:17 August 2014

Walter Dann (born) is a Canadian Wheelchair Athletics Athlete who has competed in the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Summer Paralympics.[2] He won silver in the Men's 4x60m Wheelchair Relay (with F. Henderson, B. Simpson and Eugene Reimer) and the Novices 60m Wheelchair Dash C.[3]

He was born in Vancouver, before moving to Halifax, Nova Scotia. He contracted polio when he was three. He won the highest badge in scouting when he was 15.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ability over disability for wheelchair athletes . 2 November 2022 . Star-Phoenix . 30 October 1968.
  2. Web site: W Dann. dead. Canadian Paralympic Committee. 15 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150206164851/http://paralympic.ca/athletes/37473. 2015-02-06.
  3. Web site: Paralympics 2012 PDF. dead. 17 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150206164941/http://www.paralympic2012.athletics.ca/documents/2012ParalympicGamesMediaGuide.pdf. 2015-02-06.
  4. News: Boy Scout, Polio Victim Wins Award . 2 November 2022 . The Kingston Whig-Standard . 10 May 1960.