Summer Paralympics 1996
Weir's first Paralympics in Atlanta, aged 17, saw him finish 7th in the 100m, in a time of 15.07, reaching the semi-final in the 400m going out of the competition with a time of 51.85, and 4th in the 4X100m Relay.
Weir's first experience at the Paralympics wasn't a good one, he commented afterwards "I had been to the Games in Atlanta in 1996 as a young lad of 17 but when I got there it wasn't what I had expected. I could count about five people in the crowd at times. It disheartened me a little bit because I had missed my teenage years of growing up and being with my friends to compete at a Paralympics. I fell out of love with the sport and when I got back I just didn't want to do it any more."
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