<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: UThom wazalwa ngo-June 13, 1986, eBurnaby, eBritish Columbia, enesifo somgogodla okuthiwa i-spina bifida ne-hydrocephalus esibangela uketshezi oluqongelela ebuchosheni. Ngenxa yalokho, wahlinzwa izikhathi ezine ezinsukwini zokuqala eziyishumi zokuphila kwakhe futhi nakuba ayefunde ukuhamba lapho eseneminyaka emibili ubudala, ukukhula ngokushesha kwasho ukuthi kwakudingeka ahlinzwe kabusha umgogodla. UThom nomndeni wakhe bathuthela eMississauga lapho eneminyaka emine futhi waqala ukugijima ngesihlalo sabakhubazekile eneminyaka eyishumi ngemuva kokukhuthazwa yi-1500m ngesikhathi  <response>: Ama-Paralympics Asehlobo Ka-1996. Uyise, uKen, wamqeqesha kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe ngo-2017 ngenxa yengozi yokudilika. 