Paul Wiggins

Paul Anthony Wiggins (born August 17, 1973) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Oregon and was drafted in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft.

Paul Wiggins (athlete)

Paul Wiggins (born 7 June 1962) is an Australian wheelchair racer.

Biography

Wiggins was born in the Tasmanian town of Koonya, on the Tasman Peninsula. He took up sport during rehabilitation after receiving a broken back due to a collision between his motorcycle and a car in 1985. He began wheelchair racing in 1988.

He competed but did not win any medals at the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Paralympics. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Wheelchair Marathon and a bronze medal in the Men's Wheelchair 800 m event;. At the 1994 Los Angeles Marathon, Wiggins and fellow French wheelchair racer Philippe Couprie made a pact that they would finish together, thus causing the first dead heat in the history of the competition. He also won that competition in 1995. He was the first person to break the 20-minute mark in the 10 km wheelchair race.

In 1996 Wiggins was selected to compete in the Wheelchair 1500 m Men's Wheelchair event at the Summer Olympics. He finished 7th overall with a time of 3:16.86.