Her physical education teacher was one of the people who first encouraged her to participate in wheelchair sports.

Unlike other wheelchair sports, people without disabilities are allowed to compete in top level competition.

"Illinois is the granddaddy of wheelchair sports, because they were started there, and we are pretty much the only alternative."

We're both trying to do our part to change the perception of wheelchair sports.

The wheelchair sports teams practice in the main gym.

His 1995 season was his last year of international competition in wheelchair sports.

He has always been interested in sport and joined wheelchair sports in 1955.

He won 100 medals in national and international wheelchair sport.

He began playing wheelchair sport after a spinal injury at the age of 29.

Sauvage started to compete in wheelchair sport at the age of eight.