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The 1964 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, and were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
Liudmila Vauchok is Belarusian Paralympian. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal, and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Marie-Amélie Le Fur is a French Paralympic athlete from Vendôme, Centre Region, competing in T44 sprint and F44 long jump events. Her left leg was amputated below the knee following a motor scooter accident in 2004. Before she lost her leg, she was a French junior running champion. As of 2023, Le Fur is the President of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee.
Barbara Roach is a British Paralympian athlete. In the 1980 Summer Paralympics she won the gold medal in the E category 100m, 400 metres, and long jump. In 1984, competing in the A6 category, she won the gold medal in discus and a silver medal for the 100m and shot put.
Madeleine Hogan is a Paralympic athlete from Australia competing mainly in category F42/F46 javelin throw events. She has won bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics.
Madison de Rozario, is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair racer who specialises in middle and long-distance events. She competed at the 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, winning two gold medals, three silver and a bronze. She has also won ten medals at the World Para Athletics Championships and four gold at the Commonwealth Games. De Rozario holds the world record in the Women's 800m T53 and formerly in the Women's 1500m T53/54.
Hollie Beth Arnold, is a British parasport athlete competing in category F46 javelin. Although born in Grimsby, she now lives and trains in Loughborough. She represents Wales in the Commonwealth Games. Arnold was the youngest ever field athlete to ever compete in the Paralympics/Olympics, at the age of 14 at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing throwing a personal best. She also threw a personal best in 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She took the gold medal in the F46 javelin in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, also throwing a new world record at the same time. In 2021, at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she took the bronze medal in the same event. In 2018, she became the first ever Javelin thrower in history to hold all four major titles in the same Paralympic/Olympic 4-year cycle: Rio Paralympics and world record 2016, London World Championships and world record 2017, Berlin European Championships and course record 2018 and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and world record 2018. She also holds four consecutive world titles: 2013 Lyon, 2015 Doha, 2017 London, and 2019 Dubai.
Jessica Helen Gillan is a New Zealand paralympic athlete and shotputter. She represented New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, the latter where she won a bronze medal in the Women's shot put F34.
Mozambique made its Paralympic Games début at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, sending two visually impaired athletes to compete in track events.
Kadeena Cox is a parasport athlete competing in T38 para-athletics sprint events and C4 para-cycling and British television presenter. She was part of the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships and the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, in which she won world titles in the T37 100m and C4 500m time trial respectively.
Patricia Hill is a New Zealand Paralympian who competed in athletics. At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Slalom 2; a silver medal in the 200m 2; and a bronze medal in the 400m 2. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Slalom 2, and silver medals in the Marathon 2 and Pentathlon 2. At the 1988 Summer Paralympics, she won bronze medals in the Marathon 2 and Slalom 3.
Marlene van Gansewinkel is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. In 2021, she won the gold medal in both the women's 100 metres T64 and 200 metres T64 events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. She also won the bronze medal in the women's long jump T64 event.
Wen Xiaoyan is a Chinese Paralympic athlete. She represented China at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and she won two gold medals and one silver medal. She also won three gold medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Zhou Xia is a Chinese para-athlete who competes in sprint events. She won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in the T35 100 m and 200 m races. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won two gold medals in the T35 100m race and T35 200m, setting a new world record in both event.
Ans Bouwmeester is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. She won three gold medals at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. She won the gold medal in the women's 200 metre C3 event, in the women's discus throw C4 event and in the women's shot put C4 event. She also won the silver medal in the women's 60 metre C3 event.
Steven Varden is a British Paralympic athlete and swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the men's shot put C2 event at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. He also competed in swimming and he won the silver medal in the men's 25 metre freestyle with aids C2 event.
Kevan McNicholas is a British Paralympic athlete. In 1984, he won the silver medal in the men's shot put 2 event at the 1984 Summer Paralympics held in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom and New York City, United States.
Christopher McKeown is a British Paralympic athlete. He won a bronze medal in the men's shot put L5 event at the 1984 Summer Paralympics.
Elena Gorlova is a Russian Paralympic athlete. She won the bronze medal in the women's club throw F51 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She competed at the Summer Paralympics under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee.
The Women's double FITA round division 3 was an archery competition at the 1984 Summer Paralympics.
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- ↑ "Athletics Results". 1984 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ "British athletics medal winners – Shot put". National Paralympic Heritage Trust. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
