David Weir (athlete)

David Weir is a British Paralympic wheelchair athlete, born with a spinal cord transection that leaves him unable to use his legs. He grew up in Wallington in the London Borough of Sutton, won the junior event of the London Marathon seven times as a child, and went on to win the London Marathon itself on eight occasions. His source credits him with six Paralympic gold medals across the 2008 and 2012 Games. From 2002 he was coached by Jenny Archer, and together they launched the Weir Archer Academy in April 2013 to widen participation in disability sport and develop young Paralympians.