Terri Goodknight
Sport
Country United States
SportParalympic athletics
Wheelchair basketball
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place1988 SeoulWomen's tournament

Terri Goodknight is an American Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketball player. She won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.

Life

She graduated from Urbana High School, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[1][2][3]

Career

At the 1992 Summer Paralympics, she competed in Women's 200 meters TW3,[4] Women's 400 meters TW3,[5] and Women's 100 meters TW3 finishing tenth.[6]

At the 1998 Summer Paralympics, in Seoul, she competed in Wheelchair Basketball, winning a gold medal.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Disability Awareness Day: Paralympic Athletes with C-U Roots". Champaign Park District. December 2, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ "SHOULD DISABLED BE IN OLYMPICS?". Chicago Tribune. October 27, 1988. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tribute to Olympics and Paralympic Athletes" (PDF). champaignparks.com.
  4. ↑ "Barcelona 1992 – athletics – womens-200-m-tw3 | International Paralympic Committee". September 20, 2021. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Barcelona 1992 – Athletics – Women's 400 m TW3". www.paralympic.org. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Barcelona 1992 – athletics – womens-100-m-tw3 | International Paralympic Committee". September 21, 2021. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Seoul 1988 – wheelchair-basketball – womens-tournament | International Paralympic Committee". September 20, 2021. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
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