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Born | Vienna, Austria | 15 December 1965||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 December 2019 54) Rennweg | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | F54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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