Don Elgin
ABOUT DON ELGIN
Paralympic all-around athlete born without a left leg, who has won medals in sprinting and the pentathlon at the Paralympic Games.
He began competing in the New South Wales Amputee Championships when he was 14-years old.
He won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay at his first international competition, the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships.
He has three children with a woman he married during his Paralympic career.
In 2000 he received an Australian Sports Medal, putting him in company with athletes such as Mal Anderson .
