So Wa-wai is a retired athlete from Hong Kong who has competed in the Paralympic Games on five occasions, winning 12 medals. He has been referred to as the "Wonder Boy" by Hong Kong people.
T36 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics. It includes people who have coordination impairments such as hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis. It includes people with cerebral palsy. T36 is used by the International Paralympic Committee. This classification competes at the Paralympic Games.
Paul John Blake is a British athlete who competes in T36 middle-distance events. Blake competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics where he won a silver and bronze medal in the 400m T36 and 800m T36 respectively. He followed this up with two gold medals at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships, both in his favoured 800m event.
Brayden Duane Davidson is an Australian track and field para-athlete who competes mainly in the T36 classification events. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won the gold medal in the Men's Long Jump T36.
India competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984. This is India's 11th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
James Michael Apsley Turner, is an Australian Paralympic athlete and soccer player with cerebral palsy. He has represented Australia as part of the Australia Paralympic soccer team, the ParaRoos, and was its player of the year in 2013. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, he won the Men's 800m T36 in a world record time of 2:02.39. He won a gold and silver medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. At the World Para Athletics Championships from 2017 to 2023, he has won 7 gold medals.
Nicaragua sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7–18 September 2016. This was the Central American country's third appearance at the Summer Paralympic Games, having made its debut twelve years earlier at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. They were represented by three athletes, sprinter Jennifer Osejo, middle-distance runner and sprinter Gabriel Cuadra Holmann and powerlifter Fernando Acevedo, who all qualified for the games by achieving the minimum qualifying standard in international competition. Neither Holmann or Osejo claimed a medal in their respective events and Acevado finished fifth in the men's −72kg powerlifting class.
The Men's Long Jump athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from September 8. A total of 9 events are contested for 9 different classifications.
William Stedman is a New Zealand para-athlete, competing in sprints, middle-distance running and long jump events.
Mohammad Ridzuan bin Mohamad Puzi is a Paralympic athlete from Malaysia who competes in T36 classification sprint (running) and long jump events. Mohammad Ridzuan represented Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he won the gold medal in the 100 metres event.
Shi Yiting is a Chinese para athlete. She has impaired muscle movement in her left arm and different lengths in both of her legs. She won four gold medals at the Summer Paralympics and six gold medals at the World Para Athletics Championships.
Danielle Aitchison is a New Zealand para-athlete. She competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres in international events. She won a gold medal with a new Oceania record in the women’s 200-metre T36 at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, France in July 2023.
South Korea competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
The Men's long jump athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to September 4, 2021. A total of 10 events were contested in this discipline.
The men's 100 metres T36 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 3 and 4 September 2021.
The Men's 400m athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics will take place at the Stade de France from 30 August to 7 September, 2024. A total of 12 events will be contested over this distance.
The women's 100 metres T36 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, will take place on 4 September 2024.
The men's 100 metres T36 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, will take place on 1 September 2024.
