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John Alexander Maclean, OAM (born 27 May 1966) is an Australian triathlete, rower, and motivational speaker. A promising rugby league player in his youth, he became a paraplegic after being knocked from his bicycle by a truck in 1988. He subsequently became the first paraplegic to finish the Ironman World Championship and the first to swim the English Channel. Later, he was part of the athletics team at both the Olympics and Paralympics in 2000, and won a silver medal in rowing at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. In 2014, he completed the Nepean Triathlon without using a wheelchair, after regaining some use of his legs through Ware K Tremor therapy. He is the founder of the John Maclean Foundation, which assists wheelchair users under the age of 18. As a motivational speaker, his clients have

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  • John Alexander Maclean né le 27 mai 1966 à Caringbah en Australie, est un sportif et un triathlète handisport australien. Il est le premier paratriathlète à participer et à terminer l'Ironman de Kona (Hawaï) en 1995. Il a également effectué la traversée de la Manche à la nage en 1998. Il fait partie de l’équipe paralympique d’athlétisme australienne lors des jeux paralympiques de 2000 à Sydney. Sélectionné en 2008 aux Jeux paralympiques de Pékin en aviron, il remporte une médaille d'argent. Il est le fondateur de la fondation John Maclean, qui concentre son aide sur des jeunes de moins de 18 ans en fauteuil roulant. Il donne également des conférences de motivation pour divers organismes privés. (fr)
  • John Alexander Maclean, OAM (born 27 May 1966) is an Australian triathlete, rower, and motivational speaker. A promising rugby league player in his youth, he became a paraplegic after being knocked from his bicycle by a truck in 1988. He subsequently became the first paraplegic to finish the Ironman World Championship and the first to swim the English Channel. Later, he was part of the athletics team at both the Olympics and Paralympics in 2000, and won a silver medal in rowing at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. In 2014, he completed the Nepean Triathlon without using a wheelchair, after regaining some use of his legs through Ware K Tremor therapy. He is the founder of the John Maclean Foundation, which assists wheelchair users under the age of 18. As a motivational speaker, his clients have (en)
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