Tham Simpson
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Born | Vietnam | 8 April 1969
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Sport | Athletics |
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Tham Simpson (born 8 April 1969 in Vietnam)[1] is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category 1C events. She was born in Vietnam but adopted by Canadian parents in Toronto.[2]
Simpson competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics in athletics aged just 15, winning five gold medals.
References
[edit]- ^ Tham Simpson paralympic.ca Retrieved on 4 June 2017
- ^ "Throwback Thursday: Tham Simpson, a mysterious wheelchair racing star". reportonrio.com. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
- Track and field athletes from Toronto
- Vietnamese emigrants to Canada
- Sportspeople of Vietnamese descent
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic track and field athletes for Canada
- Canadian female wheelchair racers
- Canadian Paralympic medalist stubs
- Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs