Scott Winkler

Scott Winkler is an American Paralympic track and field athlete who competes in men's shot put.

Winkler is a United States Army veteran who was paralyzed below the chest in Tikrit, Iraq in 2003 after he fell off a truck while holding 50 pounds of ammunition.[1][2][3]

He won a gold medal and set a new world record mark for class F54 with a throw of 10.23 metres and 1053 points while competing in the men's shot put at the 2007 Para Pan American Games.[4][5]

He also competed for Team USA at the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he placed fifth in the shot put F55/56 event.

The documentary film Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing features Winkler's individual story as he trained to try for a berth on the 2008 U.S. Paralympic team.[6]

Scott currently still competes in throwing shot put. He also is the shotput and discus coach at Harlem High School in Harlem Georgia. All the while running a successful farm, Winkler Farms.

References

1. Fimrite, Peter (2008-08-06). "Iraq veteran excels at Paralympics shot put". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
2. "Wounded Warriors Find New Mission". CBS News.
3. "Bush Addresses Olympic Games In Beijing". The Washington Post. 2008-07-21.
4. "Jamaica Gleaner News - Bronze for Grant at Para Pan - Friday | August 17, 2007". jamaica-gleaner.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-25.
5. "Finding Another Way To Serve Their Country". The New York Times. 2007-08-20.
6. "Stockton to host screening of 'Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing'". October 2011.