Richard Whitehead (athlete)

Richard Whitehead, an MBE born on 19 July 1976, is a British athlete who runs with prosthetic legs because he has a double through-knee congenital amputation, and who has set world records for athletes with a double amputation in both the full and half marathon. He was unable to compete in the marathon at London 2012 because there was no category for leg amputees, so he turned to sprinting and won the gold medal in the 200 metres T42 at the 2012 Paralympics with a world record time. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics he won gold in the T42 200 metres and silver in the T42 100 metres.