Arnold Boldt

Arnold William Boldt (born September 16, 1957) is a Paralympics athlete from Canada. A leg amputee, he won seven gold medals in the Paralympic Games in the high jump and long jump. Boldt was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 and the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.[2]

Arnold Boldt
Personal information
Full nameArnold William Boldt
NationalityCanadian
Born (1957-09-16) 16 September 1957
Osler, Saskatchewan, Canada[1]
Sport
Country Canada
SportAthletics
Para-cycling
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Athletics
1976 Toronto Men's High Jump D
1976 Toronto Men's Long Jump D
1980 Arnhem Men's High Jump D
1980 Arnhem Men's Long Jump D
1984 New York / Stoke Mandeville Men's High Jump A2
1988 Seoul Men's High Jump A2A9
1992 Barcelona Men's High Jump J1
1988 Seoul Men's Long Jump A2A9

In 1979, a fictionalized account of Boldt's athletic career aired on CBC Television as the film Crossbar.[3]

He returned to the Paralympic Games for the first time since 1992 by competing in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in para-cycling.

Awards and honours

In 1994, Boldt was inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of Fame.[4]

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References
  1. Arnold Boldt Archived 2017-06-24 at the Wayback Machine paralympic.ca
  2. Boldt, Arnold (1957–) - The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
  3. "New high reached by CBC's Crossbar". Ottawa Journal, July 23, 1979.
  4. "Previous Hall of Fame Inductees". Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons. Retrieved 20 November 2017.


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