| 词条 | Timothy McIsaac |
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| name = Timothy McIsaac | nickname = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = Canadian | sport = Paralympic swimming |disability = Blindness |disability_class = A, B1 | event = | club = St. James Seals Swim Club (1976-1992) | coach = Wilf and Audrey Strom | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|1|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba | residence = | retired= 1992 | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = | country = {{CAN}} | medaltemplates ={{Medal|Sport|Paralympic swimming}}{{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}}{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}{{Medal|Gold|1976 Toronto|Men's 4x100m medley A}}{{Medal|Silver|1976 Toronto|Men's 100m butterfly A}}{{Medal|Silver|1976 Toronto|Men's 400m ind. medley A}}{{Medal|Bronze|1976 Toronto|Men's 100m backstroke A}}{{Medal|Bronze|1976 Toronto|Men's 100m freestyle A}}{{Medal|Gold|1980 Arnhem|Men's 100m breaststroke A}}{{Medal|Gold|1980 Arnhem|Men's 100m butterfly}}{{Medal|Gold|1980 Arnhem|Men's 200m ind. medley A}}{{Medal|Gold|1980 Arnhem|Men's 400m ind. medley A}}{{Medal|Gold|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York|Men's 400m breaststroke B1}}{{Medal|Gold|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York|Men's 400m ind. medley B1}}{{Medal|Silver|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York|Men's 100m breaststroke B1}}{{Medal|Gold|1988 Seoul|Men's 100m backstroke B1}}{{Medal|Gold|1988 Seoul|Men's 100m butterfly B1}}{{Medal|Gold|1988 Seoul|Men's 200m ind. medley B1}}{{Medal|Bronze|1988 Seoul|Men's 400m freestyle B1}} }} Timothy McIsaac (born 10 January 1959) is a retired Canadian Paralympic swimmer, who was born blind. He was one of the first blind swimmers to do a tumble turn in an international competition. He began swimming at the Ross MacDonald School for the Blind in Brantford, Ontario [1]. BiographyMcIsaac was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and has been blind since birth. When he was six years old, he would spend ten months of every year living in residence at the school and was far away from home. His father kept in contact with him whenever he attended business trips in Toronto or McIsaac would telephone his family every other week. [2] Swimming careerSwimming motivationMcIsaac started swimming when he was aged 13: his determination to start focussing on swimming was when he was involved in a car accident in September 1973 outside of his parents' house. He suffered from fractures in both of his legs and a compound fracture on his right arm. Start of his swimming careerMcIsaac first competed in a major competition in 1975 aged sixteen at the Ontario Games for the Physically Disabled held in Cambridge. He had only been swimming for three years but he won five gold medals at his first Games. [2] ContributionsHe has been awarded the Viscount Alexander Award for Junior Male Athlete of the Year in 1976 after his success at the 1976 Summer Paralympics. He won another title in 1982 for being the Athlete of the Year in Manitoba and was honored in Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. McIssac was additional inducted into the Canadian Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame in 2013.[3] As well as being the most decorated Canadian Paralympian and the first blind swimmer to the tumble turn, McIsaac is a legendary role model and his success, along with teammate Michael Edgson, they helped to build the paths of future star swimmers like Donovan Tildesley, Valerie Grand'Maison and Amber Thomas who are all blind swimmers. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://swimming.ca/en/tim-mcisaac/|title=Tim McIsaac - Swimming Canada|last=|first=|date=9 August 2018|website=Swimming Canada|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McIsaac, Timothy}}2. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tim-mcisaac/|title=Tim McIsaac - The Canadian Encyclopedia|last=|first=|date=9 August 2018|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Tim McIsaac, athlete |url=http://paralympic.ca/canadian-paralympic-hall-fame/inductees/tim-mcisaac-athlete |website=Canadian Paralympic Committee |accessdate=18 February 2019}} 12 : 1959 births|Sportspeople from Winnipeg|Paralympic swimmers of Canada|Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics|Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics|Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics|Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics|Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics|Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics|Living people |
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