Sport and Games Atlas

How The Game Is Played
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Athlete

Noel Thatcher

Track and Field Disciplines

Noel Thatcher is a British Paralympic runner who represented the United Kingdom at six Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2004, collecting a total of five gold medals. His two career highlights are winning gold and setting a world record at Barcelona in 1992, and winning the 5k race in Sydney in 2000, again setting a world record. He made his athletics debut at seventeen at a national school championships after being persuaded to attend by a friend, and won a gold medal. His English Wikipedia article gives no birth date.

Facts
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
Gold Medals
5 1
Classification
Competition Category
Para or Adaptive 1
Connections

Competed In

Source Noel Thatcher (Wikipedia)

Plays

Athletics, Sports
Source Noel Thatcher (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Noel Thatcher (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Noel Thatcher is a British Paralympic runner who represented the United Kingdom at six Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2004, collecting a total of five gold medals.
Sources
1. Noel Thatcher (Wikipedia)
Lead
Quote, Lead
Noel Thatcher is a British Paralympic runner who represented the United Kingdom at six Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2004, collecting a total of five gold medals.
View the Source

Take a Related Quiz

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.