Team Hoyt

The Team Hoyt from Massachusetts, USA, consists of father (Dick Hoyt, born 1940) and son ( Rick Hoyt, born January 10, 1962), who participate together in marathons, triathlons and other athletic challenges. Rick suffers from cerebral palsy since birth - because his umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, his brain was not supplied with sufficient oxygen. In the sporting competitions bears, pulls or pushes his dick paralyzed son in special wheels, wheelchairs or inflatable boats with them.

Rick's doctors initially predicted he would never be capable of cognition, which was ignored by his parents. At the age of twelve recognized engineers from Tufts University, Medford (Massachusetts), his sense of humor and so occupied his intelligence. We were taught Rick to use a special computer to communicate, which he operated by movements of his head. His first words were written (based on the Boston Bruins Hockey Team ) "Go Bruins! "; only now learned Ricks parents of his enthusiasm for sports.

Dick Hoyt is a retired lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard. Rick Hoyt earned a college degree at Boston University and now works at Boston College. Both take up today (November 2009 ) took part in sporting competitions and act as so-called motivational speaker. By June 2009, the Team Hoyt had participated in more than 1,000 sports events, including triathlons at 229 (six Ironman ), 20 duathlons and 66 marathons. The 1000th was part of the Boston Marathon 2009. On a bike ride through the USA in 1992 they laid back in 45 days 6010 km.

On the question of what Rick wanted to be able to do for his father, he replied, " That's what I would do the most, my father sit in the chair and I would push him once. "