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what being an amputee was like. After McFall agreed to take no further action against them, the youths anonymously returned the prosthesis to the
Institute a week later. McFall went on to achieve a personal best of 8.55 seconds in the 60 metres race, and 28.21 seconds in the 200 metres on 4 February.
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England, he lives in Cardiff and competes professionally for Wales. He has said, "Wales has been very good to me and I want to put something back. So I'm very proud to run for Wales." According to him, his motorcycle accident "has been, in some ways, the best thing that
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3,000 was in the boot. Following his appeal for the return of the prosthesis, he received a telephone call from two youths who said they "might be able to recover the lost leg" but asked "What is it worth?" Infuriated, McFall refused to pay anything and asked the youths whether they had considered
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ever happened to me. It's given me a focus, a drive, every day is a new challenge. ... I always had a list of goals and aspirations which didn't change after my accident – they just changed direction. Losing my leg has changed my life, but it hasn't changed who I am."
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in London. He has said, "It would be nice to do 2012. I'm interested in cycling and rowing, and I won't qualify as a doctor till 2013, so it wouldn't be impossible. We'll see. It's that constant striving for excellence, the hunger to do more."
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in the 200 metres and came fourth in the 100-metre race, having competed in sport class T42 (single amputation above the knee). McFall was subsequently placed on a funding programme, enabling him to become a full-time athlete.
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McFall achieved his personal best time (as at 30 May 2008) in the 100 metres of 12.70 seconds by winning silver at the Bayer
International Track and Field Competition in
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Deanery of Health Education England. He is currently a Trauma and Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar.
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on 10 August of that year. In his other main event, the 200 metres, he achieved a
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in the 200 metres. The following year, on 13 May 2007, McFall struck
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2144:"Athletics: McFall strikes double sprint gold in Taiwan"
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McFall's next major races were in September 2006 at the
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running "blades". He graduated from university with an
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Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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2391:World wide ranking: T42 Male 200 2007
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1204:World wide ranking: T42 Male 200 2006
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2353:Athletics, Men's 100m – T42, Final
2023:"GB's Rushgrove breaks world mark"
2001:International Paralympic Committee
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260:International Paralympic Committee
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2244:"GB's McFall grabs sprint bronze"
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2884:Alumni of Cardiff University
2874:Alumni of Swansea University
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2704:Triumph over adversity
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149:: 100 m – Bronze
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2959:Astronaut candidates
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1739:Athlete: John McFall
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1273:John McFall: Profile
206:: 8.55 s (2005)
48:Personal information
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2601:The Daily Telegraph
2563:The Daily Telegraph
2370:on 18 December 2008
2319:on 7 September 2007
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1928:"Encouraging signs"
1710:The Daily Telegraph
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436:Bachelor of Science
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2111:on 17 October 2007
1809:on 24 January 2011
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2837:John McFall
2435:. See also
2406:. See also
2120:. See also
2063:. See also
2054:, July 2007
2019:. See also
1342:23 November
1316:23 November
1311:www.esa.int
1163:; see also
968:Netherlands
919:Netherlands
915:Stadskanaal
861:Netherlands
627:false start
502:Paralympian
463:pre-medical
230:John McFall
30:John McFall
2858:Categories
2573:References
2446:9 November
1073:, then to
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800:Manchester
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692:Leverkusen
625:. After a
612:Paralympic
589:Leverkusen
566:Manchester
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