Diane Roy

Diane Roy

Roy at the 2015 Parapan American Games
Personal information
Nickname	The Warhorse
Born	(1971-01-09) January 9, 1971 Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability class	T54
Event	400 m – marathon
Medal record Representing Canada Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 400 m T54 2004 Athens 1500 m T54 2008 Beijing 5000 m T54 2008 Beijing 400 m T54 2008 Beijing 800 m T54 IPC Athletics World Championships 2006 Assen Marathon T54 2006 Assen 1500 m T54 2006 Assen 5000 m T54 2011 Christchurch 400 m T54 2011 Christchurch 1500 m T54 2011 Christchurch 800 m T54 Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 1500 m T54 2018 Gold Coast 1500 m T54 Parapan American Games 2015 Toronto 800 m T54 2015 Toronto 400 m T54

Diane Roy (born January 9, 1971) is a Canadian wheelchair racer. Between 1996 and 2016 she competed at six consecutive Paralympics and five consecutive world championships and won 11 medals, including a gold medal in the marathon at the 2006 World Championships.

Career

The 2004 Summer Olympics featured a demonstration of the women's 800 m wheelchair event, in which Roy finished fourth. She also participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, taking a bronze medal in both the 400 metre and 1500 metre races.

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics Roy was initially awarded the gold medal in the 5000 m T54. However a re-run of the race was ordered by the International Paralympic Committee following protests by the Australian, US and Swiss teams after six competitors were involved in a crash on the penultimate lap. The re-run race resulted in the same three athletes winning medals but in a different order, with Roy placing second.

In 2009, she was inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Roy spent the majority of her childhood on a farm in Lac-des-Aigles, Quebec. She is the seventh of eight children, having five brothers and two sisters. Once she entered high school, Roy developed an interest in several sports, including basketball, badminton, downhill skiing, tennis, and handball in particular, which she played until her last year of high school. At age 17, an all terrain vehicle accident left Roy with a paralyzing injury and without the use of her legs. It halted her activities temporarily.

Since about 1998 Roy works as an administrative assistant for Royal LePage. She has a son Émile.

External links

• Official website
• Diane Roy on Real Champions at the Wayback Machine (archived September 29, 2007)
• Diane Roy at the Canadian Paralympic Committee
• Diane Roy at the International Paralympic Committee
• Diane Roy at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)