Husam Azzam is a Palestinian track and field athlete. He was, according to the International Paralympic Committee, "the first Palestinian athlete to compete in Paralympic Games" when he represented Palestine at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. Azzam won a bronze medal in Sydney in the shot put, with a throw of 6.94 metres. It was the first Paralympic medal for Palestine.
Gino De Keersmaeker is an athlete and Paralympian from Belgium competing mainly in category F42 discus throw and shot put events. He competed in all 6 Paralympic Games between 1992 and 2012, winning a gold medal in 1996 and silver medals in 2000 and 2004.
Pieter Gruijters is a Paralympic athlete from Netherlands competing F56 seated throws and P56 pentathlon events.
René Nielsen is a Paralympic former athlete from Denmark competing mainly in category P56 pentathlon events. He now works as an ambassador and has worked as a mental coach in the Danish Superliga.
Fanie Lombaard is an athlete and Paralympian from South Africa competing in P42 pentathlon and F42 throwing events.
Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi is a Paralympian athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category F57/58 shot put and discus throw events. She has competed at four paralympics taking two gold, a silver and two bronze medals.
Tamara Sivakova is a Paralympian athlete from Belarus competing mainly in the throwing events.
Stela Eneva is a Paralympian athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in throwing events.
Alexey Vitalyevich Ashapatov is a Russian para-athlete competing mainly in category F57-58 throwing events.
Sofia Djelal is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F56-58 javelin throw events.
Rostislav Pohlmann is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F57 throwing events.
Thierry Cibone is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category F35 throwing events.
Peter Raymon Martin is a Paralympian athlete from New Zealand competing in seated throwing events. He is a farmer, and became quadriplegic after sustaining a spinal injury in a farm bike accident. He competes in the F52 classification.
Christos Angourakis was a Greek Paralympic athlete who competed mainly in category F53 throwing events.
Ulrich Iser is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F55 throws events.
Robert Chyra is a paralympic athlete from Poland competing mainly in category F37 throwing events.
Roseane Ferreira dos Santos is a paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category F58 throwing events.
Sun Hai Tao is a paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in category F12 throws events.
Ivanka Koleva is a Paralympian track and field athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in throwing events in the T57 classification. Koleva has represented Bulgaria at four Summer Paralympics from 2000 to 2012, winning gold in the shot put in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. She was also world champion in the discus in 1994, and competed once as a powerlifter in the 2008 Summer Paralympics at Beijing.
Metawa Abouelkhir is a Paralympian athlete from Egypt competing mainly in category F57 throwing events.
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