event children birth_place nationality birth_date spouse birthname article_title name occupation alma_mater
800 meters wheelchair , wheelchair basketball , swimming 1 son horsham , pennsylvania , usa american 26 april 1956 brad hedrick sharon rahn sharon hedrick
 sharon hedrick athlete ; wheelchair basketball instructor ; dietitian hatboro-horsham high school , university of illinois
sharon hedrick

sharon hedrick -lrb- born 26 april 1956 -rrb- is an american former paralympic swimmer , wheelchair racer and wheelchair basketballer .
she was born in horsham , pennsylvania .
at the age of 9 , sharon hedrick was accidentally shot by a 12-year-old boy playing with a loaded gun .
this left her paralyzed from the waist down .
hedrick is the only us athlete to have won gold in both the olympic and paralympic games .
eight-time boston marathon winner and paralympic athlete , jean driscoll cites hedrick as one of her sporting inspirations .
