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Gert Bestebreurtje is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. He represented the Netherlands at the 1984 Summer Paralympics held in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom and New York City, United States. He competed in athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in the men's javelin throw C8 and men's 100 metres C8 events. [1] He won the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw C8 event. [1]
Rayk Haucke is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category P11 pentathlon events.
Mirosław Pych is a Paralympic athlete from Poland competing mainly in category P12 pentathlon events.
Jakob Mathiasen is a Paralympian athlete from Denmark competing mainly in category P42 javelin throw events.
David Francis MacCalman is a Paralympian athlete from New Zealand competing mainly in category P53 pentathlon events. He lost the use of his legs after sustaining a spinal cord injury while diving into a river.
Jason Delesalle is a Paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category P12 pentathlon events.
Kerrod Glenn McGregor is an Australian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category P42 pentathlon events.
The Philippines competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. The country was represented by two athletes: Andres Lubin in the men's javelin, and Adeline Dumapong in women's powerlifting, in the up to 82.5 kg category.
Finland competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv. It was the country's second participation in the Paralympics. Despite a good result in 1960, Finland did not take part in the 1964 Games. Finland again sent just one competitor: Veikko Puputti, who entered the men's javelin and club throw. He did not win any medal.
Ethiopia was one of 28 nations to send a delegation to the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968; two Ethiopian athletes competed, both of them men. Abraham Habte and Negatu each took part in both athletics and table tennis events. The team did not win any medals at these Games and, as of the 2010 Winter Paralympics, no Ethiopian athlete has won a medal at either the Summer or Winter Paralympics.
Renata Chilewska is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in the throwing events.
Gert van der Merwe was a Paralympic athlete from South Africa who competed mainly in category F37 throwing events.
T52 is disability sport classification for disability athletics. People in this class have good shoulder and upper body control, but lack fine motor skills in their arms and hands. They have no or limited trunk and leg function. The class includes people with a number of different types of disabilities including spinal cord injuries. Similar classifications are T51, T53 and T54.
T53 is disability sport classification for disability athletics. The class includes people with a number of different types of disabilities including spinal cord injuries. People in this class have full use of their arms but have no or limited trunk function. Similar classifications are T51, T52, and T54. People in this class have a functional upper limbs, but limited trunk usage and limited lower limb functionality. During classification, they both undergo a bench test of muscle strength and demonstrate their skills in athletics. People in this class include Tanni Grey-Thompson (GBR), Samantha Kinghorn (GBR), Angie Ballard (AUS) and Richard Colman (AUS).
Damien Bowen is an Australian seated shot putter and seated javelin thrower. He represented Australia in athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics but did not medal.
Aleksandr Svechnikov is a visually impaired Uzbekistani Paralympic athlete competing in F13-classification javelin throw events. He represented Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F13 event.
Kovan Abdulraheem is an Iraqi Paralympic athlete of short stature and he competes in F41-classification throwing events. He won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F41 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Guo Chunliang is a Chinese Paralympic javelin thrower. He won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Luis Fernando Lucumí Villegas is a Colombian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He represented Colombia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw F38 event. He won the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F38 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Jerzy Dabrowski competed for Poland in the men's standing volleyball event at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, where he won a bronze medal.
Moshe Barbalat is a retired Israeli Paralympic athlete and decorated war hero.