Jim Knaub


Jim Knaub is a world-class wheelchair marathon athlete.

Sport

He was a pole vault competitor at Long Beach State and a semifinalist for the 1976 Olympics before a 1978 traffic accident left him paralyzed. He went through rehabilitation at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, but did not regain the use of his legs. After setting a wheelchair marathon world record at the 1982 Boston Marathon, he went on to win four more times for a total of four world records, and, along with female champion Candace Cable, "gave the 'wheelies' a personality in the 1980s and early 1990s". In the 1990s he held "the world record in every race distance from 5,000 meters to the marathon."

Business

Knaub joined Cannondale Bicycle Corporation in 1998 as production manager for the company's competition wheelchairs.

Biographical movie

A movie about Knaub's life, titled Hell on Wheels is reported to be in development by Walt Disney Pictures.

Actor

Jim Knaub has appeared as an actor in television and movies.

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