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Anything is Possible: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Rick Hansen's Man in Motion World Tour

In 1972, a young and athletic 15 year-old boy named Rick Hansen and his friends were driving home from a day of fishing when the unthinkable happened: a car crash damaged Rick's spinal cord, resulting in paralysis.

A natural "doer", Rick decided to show the world that while is disability changed the game, it certainly didn't restrict him to sidelines. With strong encouragement from coaches, friends, and family he underwent rehabilitation, went to be the University of Brithish Colombia's first student with a physical disability to graduate with a degree in physical education, and ultimatelybecame a world-class athlete - with six Paralympic medals ( three gold, two silver, one bronze) and winner of 19 international wheelchair marathons between 1979 and 1984.

In 1985, Rick embarked on his biggest dream yet: using his athletic skill to inspire hope, help deepen researchers' understanding of spinal cord injuries (SCIs), and shinea spotkight on the needs of those with physical disabilities. The Manin Motion World Tour was born.
 
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The year 2012 marks the 25th anniversary of the completion of the Man in Motion World Tour. Celebrations include the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay,which retraces the Canadian route of Rick's original Tour and the Interdependance 2012 Conference for global bst practices an collaborationin SCI research.
 

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