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England in 1963 and 1966, at the first Pan American Wheelchair Games in WInnipeg in 1967, and at the second Pan American Wheelchair Games in Buenos Aires in 1969, winning multiple medals. She also competed at the National Wheelchair Games in 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1971, and 1976. She held several
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Central Penn Wheelers. "Sports was always my life even before my disability," she told a reporter in 1976. "I don't walk. What's the big deal about that? Life doesn't consist of two legs."
172:. Away from sports, Hixson earned a living as a secretary, a therapy aide at a children's hospital, a small businesswoman, and a child care provider. She was Ms. Wheelchair Philadelphia in 1975, competing for Ms. Wheelchair America.
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Rosalie Hixson married electrical engineer Walter
Wiherin in 1979. They had a daughter, Elisa. She was widowed in 2003, and she died at a hospital in Johnstown in 2006, aged 61 years, from complications of
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National Wheelchair Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1976, she was named to Pennsylvania's Council on Physical Fitness by Governor
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Hixson earned eight gold medals, four silver medals, and six bronze medals across four summer
Paralympic Games, from 1964 to 1976. At the
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774:"Rosalie Hixson, Katy Manley, Janice Kelly, Olga Davila and cheerleaders"
125:. She graduated from Southern Fulton High School in 1962, and attended
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650:"Therapy Aide Wins 3 Medals in U.S. Wheelchair Games"
517:. December 8, 1969. p. 72 – via ProQuest.
513:"Jamaican Girl Top Winner As Wheelchair Games End".
467:. Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground. p. 70.
231:"Rosalie Hixon Describes Role in Paralympic Games"
576:. June 13, 1966. p. 71 – via ProQuest.
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530:"U.S. Handicapped Athletes Make a Goodwill Tour"
309:"Others Can Take Lessons from This Vibrant Girl"
164:Hixson was congratulated by a resolution of the
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548:"Rosalie Hixson Wins in Wheelchair Contest"
675:"Rosalie Hixson Acclaimed by State Senate"
410:"Athlete Shows Ability Outweighs Handicap"
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360:"Swim Star Thanks Polio for Prowess"
335:"Rosalie Hixson is Listed in Volume"
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123:Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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458:Brittain, Ian (2012).
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385:"Leaving for Tokyo"
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