Zachary Gingras Explained

Zachary Gingras
Fullname:Zachary Gingras
Nationality:Canadian
Birth Date:2001 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Markham
Height:6' 4"
Weight:183lbs
Sport:Paralympic athletics
Disability Class:T38
Event:200m, 400m, 800m
Club:I Be Fast Track Club: Toronto, ON, CAN
Coach:Heather Hennigar [national], CAN

Zachary Gingras (born 30 July 2001) is a Canadian Paralympic athlete.[1]

Career

He started para athletics aged 15 in Toronto. Gingras has played for the Canadian Para Soccer Team.[2] At the Parapan American Games in Lima, his major Games debut, he raced to a silver medal in the T38 400m final with a time of 53.16 seconds, a personal best. His debut Paralympic appearance representing Canada at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3]

He secured his first-ever Paralympic medal men's T38 400m event with a lifetime-best of 50.85 seconds, during the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[4] Mayor Frank Scarpitti the Mayor of Markham proclaimed 31 August 2021 as 'Zachary Gingras Day'.[5]

Personal history

Gingras lives with cerebral palsy.[6] He is a computer science student at the University of Victoria.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zachary Gingras . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 31 August 2021 . 31 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831191215/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1521870-gingras-zachary.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Zachary Gingras . CanadaSoccer.com . . 31 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Zachary Gingras . Paralympics.ca . . 31 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Paralympic wake-up call: Canadian races to bronze on track with lifetime-best performance | CBC Sports . live . 31 August 2021 . newswwc.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831185006/https://newswwc.com/world/canada/paralympic-wake-up-call-canadian-races-to-bronze-on-track-with-lifetime-best-performance-cbc-sports/ . 31 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Mayor Frank Scarpitti proclaims honary day . live . 31 August 2021 . Twitter.com/FrankScarpitti . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831192701/https://twitter.com/frankscarpitti/status/1432737948911480835 . 31 August 2021.
  6. Web site: Canada's Zachary Gingras runs to bronze in men's T38 400m final . 31 August 2021 . cbc.ca.
  7. Web site: Canada's Zachary Gingras captures bronze in men's 400m at Tokyo Paralympics . live . 31 August 2021 . ctvnews.ca . 31 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831205559/https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/canada-s-zachary-gingras-captures-bronze-in-men-s-400m-at-tokyo-paralympics-1.5568164 . 31 August 2021.

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