Randy Snow

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games (non-medal events)
SexMale
Full nameThomas Randall "Randy"•Snow
Used nameRandy•Snow
Born24 May 1959 in Austin, Texas (USA)
Died19 November 2009 in ? (ESA)
NOC United States

Biography

Randy Snow was a top tennis prospect as a teenager, when a half-ton bale of hay fell on him at his family farm, paralyzing him from the waist down. He later enrolled at the University of Texas and started playing wheelchair basketball. Snow eventually played in three Paralympic Games, in basketball, track, and tennis, winning medals in all three. He was a 16-time champion at the US Open in wheelchair tennis, winning 6 singles and 10 doubles titles. Snow was inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame in 2004, the first Paralympian so honored.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1984 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Randy Snow
1,500 metres Wheelchair, Men (Olympic (non-medal)) 2