| Hong Kong at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | HKG |
| NPC | Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Disabled |
| in Sydney | |
| Competitors | 28 |
| Medals Ranked 21st |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances | |
There were 28 athletes representing the country at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. [1]
The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from 19 July to 4 August 1996. A total of 10,318 athletes from 197 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), competed in 271 events in 26 sports.
An all-time medal table for all Paralympic Games from 1960 to 2018 Winter Paralympic Games ant publish all-time tables, and publishes unofficial tables only per single Games. This table was thus compiled by adding up single entries from the IPC database.
The medal table of the 2000 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. This was the eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from October 18 to October 29, 2000, the first time they had been held in the southern hemisphere. With 3,843 athletes taking part in the 18 sports on the programme, the Games were the second largest sporting event ever held in Australia. The location and facilities were shared with the largest event, the 2000 Summer Olympics, which concluded on 1 October. The Games set records for athlete and country participation, tickets sold, hits to the official Games website, and medals on offer.
So Wa Wai is a retired athlete from Hong Kong who has competed in the Paralympic Games on four occasions, winning 11 medals.
Alison Yu Chui Yee is a wheelchair fencer from Hong Kong. When she was 11 years old, she suffered from bone cancer, leading to the amputation of her left leg. She began as a swimmer but switched to fencing at the age of 17. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won four gold medals in both the individual and team events of épée and foil. She was the first athlete to win four gold medals in fencing in category A in 2004, actually the first female to achieve this enormous task was Marta Wyrzykowska Makowska in Sydney 2000 Paralympics although she was in category B. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she represented Hong Kong again, but since the team matches were canceled, she only won one gold and one silver medal in the individual events.
There were 12 female and 31 male athletes representing the country at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
Burkina Faso competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. They were represented by one male athlete.
Lesotho competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. Making their Paralympic debut at the Sydney, Australia hosted Games, they were represented by two athletes.
Tunisia competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia from August 29 to September 9, 2000.[1] This was the nation's fourth appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988. The Tunisian Paralympic Committee sent a total of 10 athletes to the Games, 8 men and 2 women to compete in Athletics only. Tunisia left Sydney with a total of 11 Paralympic medals.
There were one female athlete and two male athletes representing Ecuador at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
There were 29 female and 48 male athletes representing the country at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
During the 2000 Paralympics, one female athlete and one male athlete represented Uruguay at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. Uruguay did not win any medals during the 2000 Paralympics.
3 male athletes and no female athletes represented Bahrain at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
There were 12 female and 26 male athletes representing the country at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
There were 1 female and 1 male athletes representing the country at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
There were 40 female and 111 male athletes representing the country at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
There were 5 male athletes representing Iraq at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia.
There were 0 female and 5 male athletes representing the country at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
Hong Kong competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 24 athletes, 15 men and 9 women. Competitors from Hong Kong won 19 medals, including 11 gold, 7 silver and 1 bronze to finish 17th in the medal table.
Hong Kong will be competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
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