Terri Goodknight

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 place1988 SeoulWomen's tournament

Life

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

Career

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
  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. 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". web.archive.org. September 20, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  5. "Barcelona 1992 – Athletics – Women's 400 m TW3". www.paralympic.org.
  6. "Barcelona 1992 – athletics – womens-100-m-tw3 | International Paralympic Committee". web.archive.org. September 21, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  7. "Seoul 1988 – wheelchair-basketball – womens-tournament | International Paralympic Committee". web.archive.org. September 20, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
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