Chris Daw

Christopher (Chris) Daw (born February 1, 1970 in North York, Ontario) is a Paralympian who competed in adaptive track, marathons, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, wheelchair rugby, and curling for Canada. He was once considered the fastest wheelchair athlete in 1995 though 1997, and is the only Canadian athlete to represent Canada at multiple Paralympic Games for 4 different sports. He is also one of the few athletes to represent Canada at both Summer & Winter Paralympic Games. In 1986, he won 6 Gold medals and set 6 world records at the first World Games for disabled youth in Nottingham, England. He was a member of the 1984 & 1988 Canadian Paralympic adaptive track teams; a member of the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball team, and a member of the Canadian Wheelchair Rugby Team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics before taking up wheelchair curling in 2000.

During Daw's athletic career he has attended over 125 National Championships, 64 World Championships, 4 Paralympics and 1 Olympics for a medal total over 600 for Canada including a dozen World Championships, 19 World records and Paralympic Gold medal performances. Although his sports include Canadian representation for Track, Basketball, Rugby, Volleyball, and Curling, he has also participated as an elite athlete in Field, Badminton and holds high level black belts in Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu.