HIGHTOWER Erik

United States of America
Athletics
6 Apr 1986
35
Male
T54
PHOENIX, AZ
 
United States of America
CHICO, CA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's 100m - T54  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
Men's 100m - T54 Round 1 - Heat 2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
54x400m Relay - T53/542008Beijing, CHN3:21.52
7100m - T542016Rio de Janeiro, BRA14.49
11400m - T542008Beijing, CHN51.67
12100m - T542008Beijing, CHN14.92
13Men's 200m T542008Beijing, CHN26.15
14400m - T542016Rio de Janeiro, BRA49.19
World Championships
14x100m Universal Relay2019Dubai, UAE46.94
2Men's 4 x 100m Relay T53-542006Assen, NED53.93
5100m - T542017London, GBR14.62
6100m - T542019Dubai, UAE14.33
6100m - T542013Lyon, FRA15.10
64x400m Relay - T53/542013Lyon, FRA3:36.63
7Men's 200m T542017London, GBR26.11
8100m - T542015Doha, QAT14.47
9Men's 200m T542015Doha, QAT26.84
12Men's 200m T542006Assen, NED27.580
15Men's 200m T542013Lyon, FRA26.60
15400m - T542013Lyon, FRA51.04
17400m - T542015Doha, QAT50.36
18400m - T542017London, GBR49.84
20800m - T542015Doha, QAT1:42.72
25100m - T542006Assen, NED15.92
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Grandpa ["Because I am older than the majority of my teammates."] (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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Model building, playing sports, video games, watching movies, fishing, geocaching, sport card collecting. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; teamusa.org, 19 Sep 2016)
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Athlete
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Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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Wife Kym Crosby
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English
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His wife Kym Crosby has also represented the United States of America in Para athletics, and won bronze in T13 100m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Kymberly Crosby Facebook profile, 01 Oct 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 15 Apr 2021)
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2005 for United States (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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He took up wheelchair racing in 1994 at age eight, at Arizona Disabled Sports in Mesa, AZ, United States of America. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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His parents introduced him to the sport. He hated it for the first few years, but as he continued to train and improve he began to enjoy it. "My parents heard about wheelchair sports through the Spina Bifida Association and took me to try it out." (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019, 17 Jul 2017; nai-usa.com, 03 May 2014)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Erik And Kym's Sports Fundraiser on Facebook, 16 Apr 2019)
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Competing at the 2008 and 2016 Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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Brazilian middle-distance runner and coach Jaoquim Cruz. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)
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His parents. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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"Go fast and win medals." (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)
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In 2009 he received the Jay Corner award by the Mesa Association for the Disabled. (gimp4life.com, 16 Aug 2015)
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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Content 2 (removed through CDN).
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