Fanie Lombaard is an athlete and Paralympian from South Africa competing in P42 pentathlon and F42 throwing events.
Ali Ghribi is a Paralympic athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category P58 pentathlon events.
The National Olympic Committee of Pakistan was created in 1948. Pakistan first participated at the Paralympic Games in 1992, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Paralympic Games since then. Pakistan has won three medals, a silver, a bronze and a gold medal in the Paralympic Games. All three medals have come courtesy of Haider Ali in the Men's Long Jump and Discus Throw events. Pakistan has never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games.
Nadia Medjmedj is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F56 shot put and discus throw events.
Daniela Todorova Todorova is a Paralympian athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in category F54-56 javelin throw, discus throw and shot put events.
Wang Ting is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category F54-56 discus throw events.
Sofia Djelal is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F56-58 javelin throw events.
Martin Němec is a Paralympian athlete from Czech Republic competing mainly in category F55 throwing events.
Rostislav Pohlmann is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F57 throwing events.
Tanto Campbell is a Paralympian athlete from Jamaica competing mainly in category F56 discus events.
Azam Khodayari is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F56/58 discus throw events.
Miroslav Šperk is a Paralympic athlete from the Czech Republic, competing mainly in category F56 Discus events.
France Gagné is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F56 throwing events.
Mokhtar Nourafshan is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.
Mohammad Sadeghimehryar is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F556 discus and shot put events.
Ali Naderi is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in seated discus and javelin events in the F55 classification.
Men's discus throw events for wheelchair athletes were held at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Events were held in eight disability classes, F51 being held jointly with F32 cerebral palsy athletes.
Claudiney Batista dos Santos is a Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing in category F57/T57 throwing events. He won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2012 Paralympics and a gold medal in the discus throw at the 2016 Rio Games.
Samoa competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016, sending two discus athletes, one male and one female. This was Samoa's fifth consecutive Paralympics, with their first Paralympics in 2000. Alefosio ‘Sio’ Laki finished 12th, setting a new personal record. Maggie Aiono finished the Paralympics in 11th place. As of the conclusion of these Paralympics, Samoa has not won a Paralympic medal.
Senegal sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. This was the fourth successive appearance for the nation in a Summer Paralympic Games after it debuted at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. Youssouphua Diouf, a javelin thrower, and shot put and discus thrower Daque Diop were the two athletes sent to Rio de Janeiro by Senegal. The delegation failed to win the country's first medal at the Summer Paralympics as its best performance in these Games was Diouf's seventh position in the men's javelin F56-57 event.
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