Eugene Reimer

Eugene Reimer
Eugene Reimer wearing a Team Canada shirt in 1979
Personal information
NicknameGene
Born(1940-01-21)21 January 1940
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Died9 June 2008(2008-06-09) (aged 68)
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Sport
CountryCanada
SportParalympic athletics
Medal record
Summer Paralympics
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Discus Throw B
Gold medal – first place 1968 Tel Aviv Club Throw B
Silver medal – second place 1968 Tel Aviv Javelin Throw B
Gold medal – first place 1972 Heidelberg Discus Throw 4
Gold medal – first place 1972 Heidelberg Pentathlon 4
Silver medal – second place 1972 Heidelberg 4×60 m wheelchair relay open
Silver medal – second place 1976 Toronto Discus Throw 4
Silver medal – second place 1976 Toronto Discus Throw 4
Silver medal – second place 1976 Toronto Pentathlon 4
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Toronto Javelin Throw 4
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Arnhem Discus Throw 4

Eugene "Gene" Reimer CM (21 January 1940 – 9 June 2008) was a Canadian wheelchair Paralympic athlete who won 10 Paralympic medals and 50 Canadian and Pan-American medals from 1968 to 1980. Having polio at an early age, he was a member of the wheelchair basketball team Vancouver Cable Cars alongside Terry Fox and Rick Hansen. In 1972, Reimer became the first person with a disability to be named Canada's Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year and to be inducted into the Order of Canada.