Don Elgin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Don Elgin
Occupation	Runner
Date Of Birth	Dec 19, 1975(1975-12-19)
Age	49
Birthplace	Don Mills
Country	Canada
Birth City	Ontario
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Don Elgin Biography

Don Elgin is one of the most popular and richest Runner who was born on December 19, 1975 in Don Mills, Ontario, Canada. Paralympic all- around athlete born with an upper leg. She has been awarded medals in sprinting and in the pentathlon in the Paralympic Games.

In 2000, he won the Australian Sports Medal, putting him in the company of other athletes like In 2000 he received an Australian Sports Medal, putting him in company with athletes such as Mal Anderson..

Donald “Don” James William Elgin (born 19 December 1975) is an Australian Paralympic amputee track and field athlete who won four medals at three Paralympics.

Elgin first participated in sports for people with disabilities at the 1990 New South Wales Amputee Championships. His first international competition was the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin, where he won a gold medal in the 4×100 m relay and a bronze medal in the high jump. He participated without winning any medals at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics and came fourth in the pentathlon At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships in Birmingham. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men’s Pentathlon P44 event. At the 2002 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lille, he won two silver medals in the pentathlon and 4×400 m relay and a bronze medal in the 4×100 m relay. At the 2004 Athens Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the Men’s 4×400 m T42–46 event and two bronze medals in the Men’s 4×100 m T42–46 and Men’s Pentathlon P44 events. He came sixth in the pentathlon at the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships, where he was the Australian flag-bearer at the opening ceremony, and commentated at that year’s Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He retired from para-athletics in 2008, but made a comeback in 2013 after learning that the sport would be included in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. He came eighth in the Men’s Discus Throw F42/44 at the games.

He has three kids with a bride he had in the course of the course of his Paralympic career.

Don Elgin Net Worth

Don Elgin is one of the richest Runner from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Don Elgin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started competing for the New South Wales Amputee Championships when he was 14 years old.

He took home an award of gold in the relay 4×100 meters in his first international competition in 1994, the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Elgin was born on 19 December 1975 in the Victorian town of Donald. He was born without a left leg and a left thumb, with small toes, and webbed fingers on both hands; his malformed left foot was amputated shortly after he was born and he had open heart surgery at the age of three. He was raised in the New South Wales town of Tocumwal, and competed in athletics and swimming as a teenager. He lives in Melbourne with his wife, three daughters and a son. He is the Founder and Managing Director of StarAmp Global, a boutique management company that specialises in managing and supporting paralympic competitors. He also works as a motivational speaker both in Australia and around the world.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Don Elgin Dating?

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In 2000, Elgin received an Australian Sports Medal for “service to amputee sport”, in particular “development of junior athletes and track and field”. In November 2018, he was awarded the Victorian Institute of Sport Frank Pyke Achievement Award.

Facts & Trivia

Don Ranked on the list of most popular Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Don Elgin celebrates birthday on December 19 of every year.

Top Facts about Don Elgin

1. Don Elgin is an Australian Paralympic athlete.
2. He was born on May 26, 1974 in Victoria, Australia.
3. Elgin competed in the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.
4. He won a bronze medal in the Men’s Pentathlon P38 event at the Sydney Games.
5. Elgin also competed in athletics and shot put events at the Paralympics.
6. He has a congenital limb deficiency, missing his lower left leg and foot.
7. In addition to his athletic career, Elgin is a motivational speaker and author.
8. He has written two books: “One Foot On The Podium” and “Penguin Bloom”.
9. Elgin is also involved with various charities supporting people with disabilities.
10. As of 2021, he remains an active advocate for disability rights and inclusion in sports.