Roy Perkins
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1990 –
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Who is Roy Perkins?
Roy Perkins is two-time United States Paralympic swimmer. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, Perkins won one gold and one bronze medal. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, he won two silver and two bronze medals.
Perkins was born without hands or feet and first learned to swim when he was 12 years old. He attended The Bishop's School in San Diego and later Stanford University. In 2006, the San Diego Hall of Champions named him its Challenged Athlete Star of the Year.
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