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Mark Barr of the United States competes in the men's triathlon PT2 at Fort Copacabana during day 3 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Mark Barr

Swimming | Triathlon
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Barr finished just outside of the medals at Rio 2016, but is a hugely consistent performer on the world stage, regularly making the podium in the then-PT2 class*. By the end of 2016 he was the world No.1 in his class.

Ahead of Rio 2016, he won silver at July’s World Championships in the Netherlands, and claimed his second successive gold at the American Championships.

Barr has been a swimmer all of his life. At the Athens 2004 Paralympics, he collected two fourth-place finishes, and also raced at Beijing 2008.

He lost his leg to bone cancer in his teens. As a registered nurse at the trauma surgical intensive care unit, Barr spends three days a week working 12-hours straight on top of a swim, bike, run or strength session.

*Sport classes for Para triathlon will be renamed for 2017

Results

Unit Date Rank
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Heat 3 4
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Heat 3 5
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Heat 1 2
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 4
Men's 100 m Backstroke S9 Heat 1 3
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Heat 2 5
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Final Round 4
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts Heat 2 3
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts Final Round 5
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Heat 1 4
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Final Round 7
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Heats 4
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Heats 9
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Final Round 2
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Heats 4
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Final Round 6
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Heats 3
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Heats 10
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Final Round 3
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Heat 2 6
Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Heat 3 5
Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Heat 2 5
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Heat 2 5
Men's 100 m Butterfly S9 Final Round 8
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts Final Round 6
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Heat 2 1
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Final Round 7
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men PT2 Final Round 2016-09-10 4