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Born | 19 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ai Xinliang (born 19 May 1997) [1] is a Chinese Paralympic archer.
Ai won the gold medal in the team compound open event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2] In 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's individual compound open event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [3] [4]
He won silver in the men's individual compound open event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, losing a shoot-off to Matt Stutzman from the United States. [5]
Matthew Stutzman is an American archer. He competed at the Paralympics in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024, winning a silver medal in London in 2012 and a gold medal in Paris in 2024. Born without arms, Stutzman uses his legs and feet for most of his activities, including archery.
Jonathon Milne is an Australian Paralympic archer. In April 2015 he won the National Para Championships, held in Melbourne. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics where he won a bronze medal. Milne won a bronze medal at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships. He competed at 2024 Paris Paralympics - his third Paralympics.
Jodie Grinham is a British archer who represents Great Britain in the Summer Paralympics. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2024 Summer Paralympics she won team gold and individual bronze, while seven months pregnant with her second child.
Meerim Zhumanazarova is a Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler. She won the bronze medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and the gold medal in the same event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships. In the 2024 Paris Olympics, she was defeated by Amit Elor of the United States in the final and earned the silver medal.
India competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. India made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984.
Guo Lingling is a Chinese Paralympic powerlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 41 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also won gold at the 2024 Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France. Guo is a four-time gold medalist at the World Para Powerlifting Championships.
Abdullah Sultan Alaryani is a sport shooter from the United Arab Emirates. He competed at the Summer Paralympics in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021 and in total, he won two gold medals and three silver medals.
Wu Chunyan is a Chinese Paralympic archer. She represented China at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won two medals: the gold medal in the mixed team recurve open event and the silver medal in the women's individual recurve open event.
Zhu Xueying is a Chinese trampoline gymnast and Olympic champion. At the 2017 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, she won gold medals in the synchro and team events. At the 2018 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, she won silver in the individual event and gold in the team event. In July 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's trampoline event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Michaela Polleres is an Austrian judoka. In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won bronze at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Polleres is also a bronze medalist at the 2021 and 2023 World Championships and the 2018 European Championships. She is a third degree black belt.
Nurkhon Kurbanova is an Uzbekistani Paralympic athlete specializing in throwing events. She represented Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Phoebe Paterson Pine is a British paralympian and archer. She won gold in the Women's individual compound open at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. She defeated Jessica Stretton, and Tatiana Andrievskaia, to advance to the final. She compteted at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.
Stepanida Artakhinova is a Russian Paralympic archer. She competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Team compound open, winning a bronze medal with her teammate, Bair Shigaev.
Maliak Alieva is a Russian para table tennis player. She won the silver medal in the women's individual C6 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team 6–8 event. In 2024, she won a bronze medal at the Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France.
Huang Wenjuan is a Chinese para table tennis player. She won the silver medal in the women's individual C8 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also won the gold medal in the women's team C6–8 event. In 2024, she won two gold medals at the Summer Paralympics held in Paris, France.
He Zihao is a Chinese Paralympic archer.
Rakesh Kumar is an Indian Paralympian archer competing in the Men's Individual Compound Open. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris, his second Olympics. He also won the bronze medal in the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Zhao Lixue is a Chinese Paralympic archer.
Vivek Chikara, also known as Chikara Vivek, is an Indian paralympic archer. He made his debut in 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he finished 10th in male individual recurve archery category. He also won gold medal in Asian Para Championship 2019 with an impressive 7–1 win over China's Sijun Wang and in 2023, He won silver medal at Asian Para Archery Championship in Thailand with his teammate Harvinder Singh in Recurve open Team Event.
Bair Shigaev is a Russian paralympic archer. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the archery competition, winning the bronze medal in the mixed team compound event on open class with his teammate, Stepanida Artakhinova. Shigaev also competed at the 2022 World Para Archery Championships.