Terri Goodknight is an American Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketball player. She won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.

Terri Goodknight
Sport
Country United States
SportParalympic athletics
Wheelchair basketball
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Women's tournament

Life edit

She graduated from Urbana High School, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[1][2][3]

Career edit

At the 1992 Summer Paralympics, she competed in Women's 200 meters TW3,[4] Women's 400 meters TW3,[5] and Women's 100 meters TW3 finishing tenth.[6]

At the 1998 Summer Paralympics, in Seoul, she competed in Wheelchair Basketball, winning a gold medal.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Disability Awareness Day: Paralympic Athletes with C-U Roots". Champaign Park District. December 2, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "SHOULD DISABLED BE IN OLYMPICS?". Chicago Tribune. October 27, 1988. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "Tribute to Olympics and Paralympic Athletes" (PDF). champaignparks.com.
  4. ^ "Barcelona 1992 – athletics – womens-200-m-tw3 | International Paralympic Committee". September 20, 2021. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Barcelona 1992 – Athletics – Women's 400 m TW3". www.paralympic.org. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021.
  6. ^ "Barcelona 1992 – athletics – womens-100-m-tw3 | International Paralympic Committee". September 21, 2021. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "Seoul 1988 – wheelchair-basketball – womens-tournament | International Paralympic Committee". September 20, 2021. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2022.