Candace Cable

Biography 
Na dem born Cable insyd Glendale, California."Candace Cable". www.teamusa.com. Retrieved July 26, 2024. She move to South Lake Tahoe/Truckee, California after high school,Hauserman, Tim (August 26, 2015). "Advocating for change · Candace Cable". The Tahoe Weekly. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017. wey she lie about ein age make she get job insyd casino. Na she injure insyd car accident for de Kingsbury Grade insyd 1975 for de age of 21. Dey follow de accident, widout de use of ein legs, she begin dey feel sorry give ein body wey she cam turn addict to heroin. For de time she say "A person in a wheelchair is not supposed to have fun or be happy. I'm both. Besides, I get the best parking spaces at shopping centers, and I don't have to wait in line at the movies." She go thru drug rehabilitation insyd 1978.Donahue, Deirdre (June 25, 1984). "Wheelchair Racers Jim Knaub and Candace Cable Are on a Roll as They Push Toward Their Olympic Debut". People. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017. She cam turn acquainted plus wheelchair sports while she dey attend California State University, Long Beach first na she try dey swim before she find wheelchair racing fi let her work out plus able-bodied paddies.

She became acquainted with wheelchair sports while attending California State University, Long Beach first trying swimming before finding wheelchair racing could let her work out with able-bodied friends.

"We're all only non-disabled temporarily. Sooner or later everyone's body breaks down. That puts me ahead of the game because I already know how to live outside of the old order."

After four months of training, Cable participate insyd de inaugural 1980 World Games give de disabled, 1984 Summer Olympics insyd wheelchair racing as exhibition event, as well as de 1984, 1988, 1992, den 1996 Summer Paralympic Games, den five Winter Olympics. Cable win twelve Paralympic medals of wich na eight be gold medals. Na she be de first woman make she win medal insyd de Summer den Winter Paralympic Games.

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 External links 

 Candace Cable at de Team USA Hall of Fame (archive July 20, 2023)
 Candace Cable at de International Paralympic Committee
 Candace Cable at Olympedia
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