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Guo Wei (born 2 July 1982) [1] [2] is a Chinese Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category F35 field events.
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Guo Wei (born 2 July 1982) [1] [2] is a Chinese Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category F35 field events.
Guo is a six time Paralympic gold medalist. He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where he won the F35 javelin, shot put and the F36-38 long jump. He continued this trend in Beijing, China at the 2008 Summer Paralympics with a clean sweep of the throwing gold medals in the F35/36 class.
He holds F35 world records in long jump, shot put, discus and javelin.
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China was the host of the 2008 Summer Paralympics, held in Beijing. China's delegation included 547 people, of whom 332 were competitors. The athletes, 197 men and 135 women, ranged in age from 15 to 51 and competed in all twenty sports. 226 of the competitors participated in the Paralympic Games for the first time. The delegation was the largest in Chinese history and at the 2008 Games. China topped the medal count at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. China dominated the medal count winning the most gold, silver, bronze, and total medals by a wide margin in Beijing.
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The men's javelin F35/36 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium at 18:18 on 8 September. There was a single round of competition, and as there were only 6 contestants they all had 6 throws. The competition was won by Guo Wei, representing China.
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