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Rick Hansen is a Canadian Paralympian and activist. A car accident at the at of 15 severely injured his spinal cord and left him paralyzed from the waist down. Hansen rehabilitated, graduated from the University of British Columbia, and became a world-class wheelchair marathoner. Inspired by fellow Canadian Terry Fox, in 1985 Hansen embarked on his Man in Motion Tour to circle the globe in a wheelchair to raise awareness for cancer research. Today is he the CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation, which has raised over $200 million for spinal cord injury related programs.
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