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Richard Marvin Hansen CC OBC (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian track and field athlete ( Paralympic Games ), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities. Following a pickup truck crash at the age of 15, Hansen sustained a spinal cord injury and became a paraplegic.
After a carefully phased 3-year process, Rick officially elevates from CEO to Founder of the Rick Hansen Foundation. As Founder, Rick will focus his time where it has maximum impact including being an advocate for change, building external relationship and continuing to inspire and engage audiences through public appearances.
When Rick set out to wheel around the world in 1985, he had three missions: to raise awareness about the potential of people with disabilities, create accessible and inclusive communities, and find a cure.
Rick is best known as the “Man In Motion” for his epic 26-month, 34 country, 40,000 km wheelchair trip around the world to make the world inclusive for people with disabilities and to find a cure for paralysis.
27 giu 2023 · For the past 50 years, the extraordinary journey of our Founder, Rick Hansen, has unfolded, leaving an indelible mark on the world. Rick’s unyielding perseverance and passion in seeking equality for people with disabilities contributed to the creation of a growing global movement to actively dismantle barriers to accessibility and ...
27 giu 2023 · Rick Hansen is returning to his hometown Williams Lake for the 50th anniversary of the Man in Motion tour and to revisit the site of his life-altering accident. He shared...
24 mar 2008 · Richard (Rick) Marvin Hansen, CC, OBC, Paralympian, wheelchair racer, humanitarian (born 26 August 1957 in Port Alberni, British Columbia). In the 1980s, Rick Hansen won six Paralympic medals and three world championships in wheelchair racing.
