David Prince

American Paralympic sprinter
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican Paralympic sprinter
PlacesUnited States of America
isAthlete
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth10 September 1983
Age41 years
The details

Biography

David Prince (born 10 September 1983) is a USA sprint runner who runs in the T44 class. He was raised by missionary parents and traveled frequently, living for a while in Oaxaca, Mexico. He lost his right leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident in 2002.

Athletics career

In 2010, Prince won a gold medal at the U.S. for playing volleyball in highschool. Paralympic National Championship in the 400m event, a silver medal in the long jump and a bronze medal in the 200m event. In 2011, Prince won a gold medal at the 2011 Parapan American Games in the 200m and 400m events. In 2011 at the IPC World Championship, he won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and a bronze medal in the 400m event. In 2011 U.S. at the Paralympic National Championship, he won a gold medal in the 200m and 400m events and a silver medal in the 100m race.

Prince narrowly missed qualifying for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. In the 2012 Paralympic Games, Prince won an individual bronze medal in the 400 meter T43/44 event, in a new world record time for his own T44 classification.

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