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Record-holding paralympian and Christchurch City councillor Graham Condon was a true champion for his community, sports people and the disabled, says the city's mayor, Garry Moore.
Mr Condon, 58, was on a training ride on his specially modified three-wheeled hand-cycle when he was struck by a car on Lower Styx Rd, in Brooklands. He was trapped between the car and another vehicle which had been travelling behind him.
He was a world champion paralympian, the only New Zealander to have been to six Paralympics in a row. He was a former world record holder in swimming and track events.
Mr Condon, who was in a wheelchair since contracting polio as a child, represented New Zealand at six Paralympic Games and 17 international events between 1968 and 1988.
He had held world records in the 200m, 1500m and 5000m wheelchair track events and won seven Paralympic medals. Mr Condon also played wheelchair rugby for Canterbury when he retired from the athletics track.
He custom-made his own wheelchairs for competition and was still highly competitive, taking part in this year's Le Race to Akaroa. Mr Condon was standing for re-election for a fifth term as a city councillor.
He led the $25 million redevelopment of QEII Park, a major swimming, sporting and leisure centre, during the 1990s.
