Dean Bergeron (born February 12, 1969 in La Baie, Quebec (now Saguenay, Quebec)) is a Paralympic athlete from Canada who competed mainly in category T52 sprint events in four Paralympic Games and is pursuing a career as an actuary. Biography Bergeron was born in La Baie, Quebec (now Saguenay) on February 12, 1969. In 1986 at the age of 17, he joined the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to pursue professional ice hockey. He is then 17 years old, and promised a bright future. In an accident during a training session match in 1987, he sustained a spinal cord injury and became paraplegic. He returned to physical activity during his studies in actuarial science at Laval University. Paralympian career Dean Bergeron continued in the field of athletics with wheelchair racing, also known as track and field athletics. He has participated in several world championships and other international competitions presenting this event. He competed at the Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Games, and recorded a total of 11 Paralympic medals. Bergeron holds the world record in the 200m distance. He was the first athlete in his discipline to break the 400-meter distance in less than a minute (58s 54). He also holds the Canadian records for 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m of this discipline. He was a triple medalist at the 2008 Paralympic Games (two gold and one bronze). He has also participated in the Boston Marathons in 1999 and 2004 and the Ottawa Marathons in 2006 and 2007 in the wheelchair racing category. He won the marathon at his first participation in 1999. For the years 2004, 2006 and 2007, he finished 2nd, 7th and 2nd respectively. Paralympic Games Results At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States, he won a gold medal in the men's 200 metres - T51 event, a silver medal in the men's 400 metres - T51 event, a silver medal in the men's 1500 metres - T51 event and a bronze medal in the men's 100 metres - T51 event. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 metres - T51 event, a bronze medal in the men's 400 metres - T51 event, finished fifth in the men's 100 metres - T51 event and finished sixth in the men's 800 metres - T51 event. At the 2004