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Colin Keay

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Colin Keay is a retired Scottish and British athlete who won medals at European, Paralympic and world level, winning five gold medals and one silver medal in C6 athletics across the 1984 Summer Paralympics and the 1988 Games. Born with cerebral palsy and secondary sensory challenges, he is described by Scottish Disability Sport as the leading T36 athlete on the track during the 1980s. He won Paralympic gold in 1984 at three distances, the 60 metres, the 400 metres and the cross country 1000 metres, and two more golds in 1988 in the 200 metres and the 400 metres. His English Wikipedia article gives no birth date.

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5 1
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Para or Adaptive 1
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Colin Keay is a retired Scottish and British athlete who won medals at European, Paralympic, and world level.
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    He won five gold medals and one silver medal in C6 athletics across the 1984 Summer Paralympics and 1988 Games.
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    Colin Keay is a retired Scottish and British athlete who won medals at European, Paralympic, and world level.
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