{{short description|American Paralympic sprinter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = David Prince | nickname = | image = 2012 Paralympics Men's 400m T44 Victory Ceremony.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Prince (right) with Blake Leeper and Oscar Pistorius at the 2012 Paralympics Men's 400m T44 victory ceremony | nationality = | sport = Paralympic athletics |disability = |disability_class = T44 | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|9|10|df=y}} | birth_place = | residence = | retired= | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = | country={{flagu|United States}} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Paralympic athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{flagu|United States}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}} {{Medal|Bronze| 2012 London | 400m T43/44}} {{Medal|Competition|IPC Athletics World Championships}} {{Medal|Gold| 2013 Lyon | 400m T44}} {{Medal|Silver| 2013 Lyon | 200m T44}} {{Medal|Competition|Parapan American Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Guadalajara|200m T44}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Guadalajara|400m T44}} }}
'''David Prince''' (born 10 September 1983) is an American sprint runner who runs in the T44 class.<ref name="London profile">{{citation|url=http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/prince-david-5511706|title=David Prince|publisher=London 2012 Paralympics|accessdate=21 September 2012|archive-date=25 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525055237/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/prince-david-5511706/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was raised by missionary parents and traveled frequently, living for a while in Oaxaca, Mexico. He lost his right leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident in 2002.
==Athletics career== In 2010, Prince won a gold medal at the U.S. Paralympic National Championship in the 400m event, a silver medal in the long jump and a bronze medal in the 200m event. In 2011, Prince won a gold medal at the 2011 Parapan American Games in the 200m and 400m events. In 2011 at the IPC World Championship, he won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay and a bronze medal in the 400m event. In 2011 U.S. at the Paralympic National Championship, he won a gold medal in the 200m and 400m events and a silver medal in the 100m race.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/PR/David-Prince.aspx|title=David Prince|publisher=Team USA|accessdate=21 September 2012|archive-date=18 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018073839/https://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/PR/David-Prince.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Prince narrowly missed qualifying for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. In the 2012 Paralympic Games, Prince won an individual bronze medal in the 400 meter T43/44 event,<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-08/pistorius-wins-400-meters-for-first-paralympics-individual-gold|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118220903/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-08/pistorius-wins-400-meters-for-first-paralympics-individual-gold|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2013|title=Pistorius Wins 400 Meters for First Paralympics Individual Gold|publisher=Bloomberg News|author=Bensch, Bob|date=8 September 2012|accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref> in a new world record time for his own T44 classification.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results2pdf.php?sport=athletics&competition=2012PG&gender=m&discipline=&event=400+m&eclass=T44|title=London 2012 Paralympic Games - Athletics - Men's 400 m T44|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=24 January 2013|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152441/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results2pdf.php?sport=athletics&competition=2012PG&gender=m&discipline=&event=400+m&eclass=T44|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==See also== *The Mechanics of Running Blades
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