Dick Traum

Dick Traum is the founder of the Achilles Track Club for disabled athletes. In 1976 he completed the New York City Marathon, becoming the first runner to complete such an event with a prosthetic leg.^[1]

Terry Fox credited reading an article about Traum's marathon running with inspiring his cross-Canada run for cancer research.^[2]

In 2010, Taum was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

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References

1. ^ http://www.achillesinternational.org/who/history
2. ^ http://www.terryfox.org/Foundation/The_Marathon_of_Hope.html

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