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John Davis
"A Team Member of
the US Disabled Ski
Team" & A
Paralympic Mountain
Bike Racer
Born: 1/8/71
Residence: Olympic
Valley, CA
Racing Class:
Paralympic Athlete
Career Highlights:
*Paralympic Gold
Medalist - Giant
Slalom
*National Champion -
Giant Slalom &
Slalom
*Multiple race
appearances
*Competed in all
Norba Nationals,
2 World Cups,
and the World
Championships
Training: John's
training consists of
skiing in the winter
and riding the rest
of the year.
Race bike: An off-
road wheelchair
designed with
suspension brakes
and four wheels.
The chairs use
regular-sized
mountain bike
tires, rear drum
brakes and
suspension that
is also used on
mountain bikes.
An inspiration!: After
surviving a car
accident that left
him paralyzed John
has become a
pioneer of
monoskiing and
now off-road
wheelchair mountain
biking.