Martin Mansell
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Nationality | Great Britain |
Born | 13 December 1960 |
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Martin Mansell (born 13 December 1960[1]) is a former Paralympic athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in swimming.
Mansell represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Paralympics in athletics and swimming. In swimming Mansell won three gold medals 2 in the backstroke and 1 in relay.
In 1990, Mansell was appointed as one of the first Professional Sports Development Officers for People with Disabilities within a Local Education Authority in England as a result of the sports ministers' report.
Hi also set up and chaired the first Athletes Committee for the Newly formed British Paralympic Association and the International Paralympic committee from 1989-1996.
References
[edit]- ^ Martin Mansell British Paralympic Association
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- Paralympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Living people
- 1960 births
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- British male freestyle swimmers
- British male backstroke swimmers
- 20th-century British sportsmen
- British Paralympic medalist stubs
- British swimming biography stubs