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May 17, 2005

Laureus World Sports Awards

Canadian Paralympics athlete Chantal Petitclerc receives her Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award from actor Jackie Chan.

Petitclerc, winner of five wheelchair gold medals in Athens last year, lost both of her legs in an accident when she was 13.

She won five wheelchair gold medals at the 2004 Athens Paralympics -- winning every race in which she competed -- and breaking four world records, six Paralympic records and four Canadian records.

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