{{short description|Canadian wheelchair racer}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Diane Roy | image = Diane Roy, 2015.jpg | image_size = | caption = Roy at the 2015 Parapan American Games | full_name = | nickname = The Warhorse | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|01|09}} | birth_place = Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Paralympic athletics | event = 400 m – marathon | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | disability_class = T54 | height = 160 cm | weight = 50 kg | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalBronze| 2004 Athens | 400 m T54}} {{MedalBronze| 2004 Athens | 1500 m T54}} {{MedalSilver| 2008 Beijing | 5000 m T54}} {{MedalBronze| 2008 Beijing | 400 m T54}} {{MedalBronze| 2008 Beijing | 800 m T54}} {{MedalCompetition|IPC Athletics World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2006 Assen|Marathon T54}} {{MedalSilver|2006 Assen| 1500 m T54}} {{MedalBronze|2006 Assen| 5000 m T54}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Christchurch| 400 m T54}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Christchurch| 1500 m T54}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Christchurch| 800 m T54}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|1500 m T54}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|1500 m T54}} {{MedalCompetition|Parapan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2015 Toronto|800 m T54}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Toronto|400 m T54}} }}
'''Diane Roy''' (born January 9, 1971) is a Canadian wheelchair racer. Between 1996 and 2016 she competed at six consecutive Paralympics and five consecutive world championships and won 11 medals, including a gold medal in the marathon at the 2006 World Championships.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150817155354/http://results.toronto2015.org/PRS/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n10237223-roy-diane.htm Diane Roy]. results.toronto2015.org</ref><ref name=bio>[http://paralympic.ca/diane-roy Diane Roy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202060921/http://paralympic.ca/diane-roy |date=2018-12-02 }}. paralympic.ca</ref>
==Career== The 2004 Summer Olympics featured a demonstration of the women's 800 m wheelchair event, in which Roy finished fourth. She also participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, taking a bronze medal in both the 400 metre and 1500 metre races.
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics Roy was initially awarded the gold medal in the 5000 m T54. However a re-run of the race was ordered by the International Paralympic Committee following protests by the Australian, US and Swiss teams after six competitors were involved in a crash on the penultimate lap.<ref>{{cite web |title=Woods forced to give back medal |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7605052.stm |access-date=September 8, 2008 | date=September 8, 2008}}</ref> The re-run race resulted in the same three athletes winning medals but in a different order, with Roy placing second.<ref>{{cite web |title=Woods battles to bronze in re-run |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7611699.stm |access-date=September 12, 2008 | date=September 12, 2008}}</ref>
In 2009, she was inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of Fame.
==Personal life== Roy spent the majority of her childhood on a farm in Lac-des-Aigles, Quebec. She is the seventh of eight children, having five brothers and two sisters. Once she entered high school, Roy developed an interest in several sports, including basketball, badminton, downhill skiing, tennis, and handball in particular, which she played until her last year of high school. At age 17, an all-terrain vehicle accident left Roy with a paralyzing injury and without the use of her legs. It halted her activities temporarily.<ref>[http://www.dianeroy.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=23&lang=en Official Website – About]. dianeroy.com</ref>
Since about 1998 Roy works as an administrative assistant for Royal LePage. She has a son Émile.<ref name=bio/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Diane Roy}} * {{official website|http://www.dianeroy.com/}} * {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929084204/http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/droy_71 |date=September 29, 2007 |title=Diane Roy on Real Champions }} * {{CPC profile|diane-roy}} * {{IPC athlete|diane-roy|old_id=442804}}
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