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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.
Rick and the Foundation mark Canada’s 150th Anniversary with support by the Government of Canada by granting $1.5 million to schools and community groups to help Canadians activate 55 large-scale “Barrier Buster” infrastructure improvement projects and awareness building events in their communities.
Mar 24, 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.
Rick Hansen is a disability rights advocate, Olympian, and Paralympian who captured the public imagination when he completed an international wheelchair marathon known as the Man in Motion World Tour between 1985 and 1987.
Rick Hansen is the Founder of the Rick Hansen Foundation and a passionate supporter of people with disabilities in Canada. 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.
Dec 2, 2023 · Rick Hansen's life changed the day he was told he'd never walk again, but instead of letting his disability stand in his way, he became an advocate for accessibility rights and a Paralympic...
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Nov 7, 2011 · Heather Bakken first met Rick Hansen 25 years ago, during the Man in Motion's world tour, when she was a university student. Then her own experience with a spinal cord injury made the...
