Daniel Romanchuk seized his first Abbott World Marathon Majors win in Chicago in 2018 and he has been nearly invincible ever since.
Name: Daniel Romanchuk
Country of Origin: U.S.A.
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He finished 2018 by becoming the first American male and the youngest athlete to win the wheelchair competition at the TCS New York City Marathon, and he concluded 2019 with a runner-up finish in Tokyo and a trio of crowns in the Boston, London, and Bank of America Chicago marathons (he won Chicago by three minutes).
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His Boston win came with an added bonus: a new PR, 1:21:36. The London Marathon also doubled as the World Para-athletics Marathon Championships so Romanchuk added āmarathon world championā to his long list of accomplishments.
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Most recently, he won the bronze medal in the marathon at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Romanchuk competed in five events at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games; his best finish was seventh in the 800m.
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