Paul Tingley
{{short description|Canadian Paralympic sailor}}
{{use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
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| caption = Tingley in 2011
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|June 1, 1970}}
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{{MedalSport | Sailing }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 2000 Sydney | Sonar }}
{{MedalGold | 2008 Beijing | 2.4 Metre }}
{{MedalBronze | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Sonar }}
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Paul Tingley (born June 1, 1970) is a Canadian sailor who represented the country at the Paralympics, in sailing keelboat. He is a resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia who became disabled due to a skiing accident at 24. He became interested in sailing through the suggestion of a physiotherapist.{{cite web |url=http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-54000-Athlete-Paul-Tingley-speaks-to-students.html |title=Athlete Paul Tingley speaks to students |website=novanewsnow.com |publisher=Nova News Now |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209203350/http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-54000-Athlete-Paul-Tingley-speaks-to-students.html |archive-date=December 9, 2006}}
Results
=Paralympics=
Tingley completed at five Paralympic Games, winning three medals:{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/paul-tingley |title=Paul Tingley |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date= |archive-date=2021-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508123710/https://www.paralympic.org/paul-tingley |url-status=live }}
- Bronze medal in Sonar at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Gold medal in 2.4 Metre at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Bronze medal in Sonar at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
=World Championships=
He also won a bronze medal at the 2009 2.4m World Championships (Fort Myers, Florida) and a gold at the 2010 World Championship (Hoorn, Netherlands) competing against both able bodied and disabled sailors.{{cite web |url=http://www.sailing.org/biog?ID=CANPT1 |title=Paul Tingley |website=Sailing.org |publisher=World Sailing |access-date= |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114128/http://www.sailing.org/biog?ID=CANPT1 |url-status=live }}
References
External links
- {{World Sailing|id=CANPT1|www=paul-tingley}}
- {{CPC profile|paul-tingley}}
- {{IPC profile|paul-tingley}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224003019/http://www.coeurhandisport.fr/athletes_etrangers/ACDH-ETR-f1e0b5.php |title=Paul Tingley at Coeur Handisport |date=mdy}}
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Category:Canadian male sailors (sport)
Category:Paralympic sailors for Canada
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
Category:Paralympic medalists in sailing
Category:Sailors at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Category:Sailors at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Category:Sailors at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Sailors at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Sailors at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia