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Rick was born in Prort Alberni
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Rick was paralyzed at the age of 15 in a pick up truck accident.
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Rick recovers from his accident, he aalso finds a way to get involved with sports for the disabled.
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Rick enrolls at UBC, and becomes the first person with a disability to graduate witha degree in physical education.
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Rick meets Terry Fox, and they instantly become friends
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Rick wins 19 international wheelchair marathons, Rick receives 9 gold medals at the 1982 Pan American Wheelchair Games, and he gets to represent Canada at the 1984 Olympics. Rick is also named Canada’s Disabled Athlete of the Year in 1979, 1980, 1982.
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won gold silver and bronze in the summer olympics.
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won two gold, and one silver medal in the summer olympics
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Rick began his tour at Okridge mall in Vancouver.
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Rick embarks on his man in motion tour, rick wheels the equivilent of 3 marathons a day, and ends up winning 26 million dollars
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rick finishes his man in motion tour, and comes home to crowds of cheering people.
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The Man in Motion World Tour society is created tohelp raise more money for spinal cord research, and treatment.
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Rick works with Dr. John Steeves from UBC to create the ICORD.
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"Rick and his team create the Rick Hansen Awards program to help schools motivate and recognize outstanding students who demonstrate social responsibility, goal accomplishment, overcoming obstacles, and a commitment to making a difference in the lives of others."- The Rick Hansen Foundation
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The Rick Hansen school program is created to help raise awareness in youth, so they can help make a diffrence in their comunity.
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the Rick Hansen Foundation makes the Spinal Cord Injury Solutions Network
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Rick is a torch bearer in the Olympics, and speaks in fromt of 60,000 people
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Rick retraces the Canadian segment of the MIMWT
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