Eugene Reimer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugene Reimer

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1940

Place of Birth: Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Date of Death: 09-Jun-2008

Profession: athlete

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Eugene "Gene" Reimer (21 January 1940 – 9 June 2008) was a Canadian wheelchair Paralympic athlete who won 10 Paralympic medals and 50 Canadian and Pan-American medals from 1968 to 1980.
Having suffered from polio at an early age, he was a member of the wheelchair basketball team Vancouver Cable Cars alongside Terry Fox and Rick Hansen.
In 1972, Reimer became the first person with a disability to be named Canada's Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year and to be inducted into the Order of Canada.