Eugene Reimer

Eugene Reimer
Eugene Reimer wearing a Team Canada shirt in 1979
Personal information
Nickname
Gene
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
1968 Tel Aviv Discus Throw B
1968 Tel Aviv Club Throw B
1968 Tel Aviv Javelin Throw B
1972 Heidelberg Discus Throw 4
1972 Heidelberg Pentathlon 4
1972 Heidelberg 4×60 m wheelchair relay open
1976 Toronto Discus Throw 4
1976 Toronto Discus Throw 4
1976 Toronto Pentathlon 4
1976 Toronto Javelin Throw 4
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.

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