5 Facts About...Brent Lakatos
All you need to know about 7-time world champion ahead of London 2017. 25 Jun 2017Canada’s T53 wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos heads to London, Great Britain, for July’s World Championships aiming to add to his collection of world gongs – find out more about him here.
Five Facts About Brent Lakatos
1) A freak ice-skating accident when Lakatos was 6-years-old caused a blood clot in his spine which resulted in paralysis.
2) Lakatos started out as a wheelchair basketball player – he began playing at 12-years-old.
3) He is married to Great Britain’s long jump T44 Paralympic silver medallist, Stef Reid.
4) The 37-year-old won his first Paralympic title in the 100m T53 at Rio 2016 – he also has an impressive seven world titles to his name.
5) The Canadian broke an incredible five world records over ten days of competition in Switzerland earlier this season.