Chris Waddell

Chris Waddell

Chris Waddell at the Visa hall of Fame induction ceremony in London, August 2012
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Waddell
Nationality	United States
Born	1968
Medal record Representing  United States Paralympic Alpine Skiing Paralympic Games 1992 Albertville Men's Giant Slalom LW10 1994 Lillehammer Men's Downhill LWX 1994 Lillehammer Men's Giant Slalom LWX 1994 Lillehammer Men's Slalom LWX 1994 Lillehammer Men's Super-G LWX 1998 Nagano Men's Downhill LW10 1998 Nagano Men's Slalom LW10 1998 Nagano Men's Super-G LW10 2002 Salt Lake Men's Downhill LW10 2002 Salt Lake Men's Giant Slalom LW10 2002 Salt Lake Men's Slalom LW10 Paralympic Athletics Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Men's 200 m T53

Chris Waddell (born 1968) is an American Paralympic sit-skier and wheelchair track athlete. He was a promising able-bodied skier while attending Middlebury College in Vermont, before a skiing accident left him paralysed from the waist down.

As a sit-skier, Waddell won medals in the 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2002 Winter Paralympics. As a wheelchair track racer, he represented the USA at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics. He won a silver medal in the 200m T53 event at the Sydney Paralympic Games. In 2004, he set a T53 world record time for this distance which still stands today.

In 2010 Waddell was inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame.

Wednesday, September 30th 2009, Waddell became the first paraplegic to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. On May 5, 2010 Chris Waddell was named the 2010 Shining Star of Perseverance Honoree by the WillReturn Council of Assurant Employee Benefits to honor and recognize individuals and groups who overcome disabilities to succeed in the workplace and society.

Currently, Wadell has a foundation called, "One Revolution" that is dedicated to seeing the world positively, by the use of 'Nametags' that define yourself.