Chris Hallam

Christopher "Chris" Alexander Hallam, MBE (31 December 1962 – 16 August 2013) was a Welsh Paralympian and wheelchair athlete.

A motorcycle accident at age 17 (en route to a training session) resulted in him becoming a wheelchair user.

After rehabilitation he spent some time living and travelling in South Africa, before returning to the UK and becoming involved in wheelchair sport.

[2] In 2002 he became a Winston Churchill Fellow writing his report on the access of disabled people to specialist training equipment and gyms.

He competed at two Commonwealth Games, in New Zealand (1990), and in Victoria, British Columbia (1994), respectively, as well as World and European Championships.