Francis Thuo Karanja (born 6 April 1975) is a Kenyan Paralympianathlete competing mainly in category T11 long-distance events.
He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's 5000 metres - T11 event, went out in the first round of the men's 1500 metres - T11 event and finished fifth in the men's 10000 metres - T12 event.
In 2007, the Kenyan Francis Thou Karanja, accompanied by his brother Paul Njoronge Karanja, ran a world record for blind people over the half marathon distance with 1:10:02 h at the Graz Marathon in the Austrian city of Graz.
Carlos Amarel Ferreira is a Paralympic track and field athlete from Portugal competing mainly in category T10/T11, visually-impaired, long-distance running events.
Paulo de Almeida Coelho, ComIH is a Paralympic track and field athlete from Portugal competing mainly in category T11 track running events.
Gabriel Potra is a Paralympian athlete from Portugal. He mainly competes in category T12 sprint events.
Carlos Conceição Lopes, GOIH is a former Portuguese paralympian athlete who competed mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Thomas Ulbricht is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category P12 pentathlon and T12 sprint events.
Oleksandr Ivaniukhin is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Odair Santos is a visually impaired Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing mainly in T11 classification middle and long-distance events. A veteran of four Paralympics, Santos has won nine Paralympic medals, including five silver medals. Santos is also a four time IPC World champion at the 1,500 metres event, being unbeaten from 2006 to 2015.
Thomas Geierspichler is a Paralympic wheelchair racer from Austria. He competes in the T52 classification.
Zhang Zhen is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T11 middle-distance events.
Jason Joseph Dunkerley is a Canadian Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category T11 and T12 middle-distance events.
Tofiri Kibuuka is an Ugandan-born Norwegian athlete. He has participated in both the Winter Paralympic Games, in cross-country skiing and in the Summer Paralympic Games, in mid- and long-distance running. Active from 1976 to 2000, he won five Paralympic silver medals, and one bronze.
Andrea Cionna is an Italian athlete from Osimo in the Province of Ancona. He holds the world record for the fastest marathon run by a totally blind man, set in 2:31:59 in Rome in 2007, and has won two bronze medals in blind long-distance running at the Paralympic Games.
Yuichi Takahashi is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T11 long-distance events.
Frangs Karanja is a paralympic athlete from Kenya competing mainly in category T11 distance running events.
Nicolás Ledezma is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T11 long-distance events.
Waldemar Kikolski was a paralympic athlete from Poland competing mainly in category T11 distance running events.
Kenya competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012, where they were represented by thirteen athletes who won six medals at these games, two gold, two silver and two bronze. All the country's Paralympians competed in athletics. Kenya had originally qualified a larger team, and in more sports like powerlifting and rowing.
Wilson Bii is a visually impaired runner from Kenya, who competes mainly in T11 classification long-distance events.
The T/F 11 categorisation of athletics events, for athletes with the highest level of visual impairment. at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from September 8. A total of 19 events are contested in the classifications for which T/F11 athletes are eligible. This includes a number of T/F12 events in which T/F11 athletes are entitled to compete.
The Men's 800m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. One event was contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.
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