Arnold Boldt

Arnold Boldt
Personal information
Full nameArnold William Boldt
Born (1957-09-16) 16 September 1957
Osler, Saskatchewan, Canada[1]
Sport
Country Canada
SportAthletics
Para-cycling
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Athletics
Gold medal – first place1976 TorontoMen's High Jump D
Gold medal – first place1976 TorontoMen's Long Jump D
Gold medal – first place1980 ArnhemMen's High Jump D
Gold medal – first place1980 ArnhemMen's Long Jump D
Gold medal – first place1984 New York / Stoke MandevilleMen's High Jump A2
Gold medal – first place1988 SeoulMen's High Jump A2A9
Gold medal – first place1992 BarcelonaMen's High Jump J1
Silver medal – second place1988 SeoulMen's Long Jump A2A9

Arnold William Boldt, OC (born 16 September 1957) is a Paralympics athlete from Canada. A leg amputee, he won seven gold medals in the Paralympic Games in the high jump and long jump. Boldt was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 and the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.[2]

In 1979, a fictionalized account of Boldt's athletic career aired on CBC Television as the film Crossbar.[3]

He returned to the Paralympic Games for the first time since 1992 by competing in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in para-cycling.

Awards and honours

In 1994, Boldt was inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of Fame.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Arnold Boldt Archived 2017-06-24 at the Wayback Machine paralympic.ca
  2. ↑ Boldt, Arnold (1957–) - The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
  3. ↑ "New high reached by CBC's Crossbar". Ottawa Journal, 23 July 1979.
  4. ↑ "Previous Hall of Fame Inductees". Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons. Retrieved 20 November 2017.


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