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| Born | 17 September 1984 [1] Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | shot put discus throw javelin throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Irina Vertinskaya (born 17 September 1984) is a Russian para-athlete, competing in throwing events: shot put, discus throw and javelin throw. She represented Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Vertinskaya competed at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the shot put F37 event. [2] She then represented Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the shot put F37 event. [1]
Haider Ali is an all-around Pakistani para-athlete who created history at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China by winning Pakistan's first ever Paralympic games medal, a silver. He also shared a new world record with his jump of 6.44 meters at the Games. He has competed at the Paralympics on five occasions in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024. He has the unique record of winning a country's first ever Paralympic gold, silver and bronze medals as he is the only Pakistani to have won a medal in Paralympic history. On 3 September 2021, he became the first gold medalist for Pakistan at the Paralympics. In the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, he became the first Pakistani Para athlete to win a medal at the World Para Athletics Championships, a silver.
Mi Na is a Chinese Paralympic athlete who competes in throwing events for F37 classification cerebral palsy athletes.
Amanda Fraser is an Australian Paralympic athlete and swimmer. She has cerebral palsy and competes in the F37 category for the physically impaired. Competing in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Paralympics, she won two silver and two bronze medals, and in the 2006 World Championships, she won a gold and a silver medal. In the 2006 championships, she set a world record for discus in her classification, and was named 2006 Telstra Female AWD Athlete of the Year by Athletics Australia. Fraser now works as a personal trainer, working with people unfamiliar to a gym environment, especially women. She advocates for women empowerment and aims to help women develop their mental and physical strength.
Xia Dong is a Paralympic athlete from China. He competes in throwing events in the F37 classification.
Beverley Jones is a Paralympian from Wales competing in category F37 throwing events. Jones won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as an EAD in the 100m sprint. Jones has qualified for four Summer Paralympics from 2000 to 2012 finishing fourth twice, in the sprint in 2000 at Sydney and in the shot put at Athens in 2004.
Guy Nicholas Henly is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He currently competes in discus and shot put and has won medals at the 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2023 World Para Athletics Championships. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Svetlana Sergeeva in Kargopol, Arkhangelsk Oblast is a Paralympian athlete from Russia, competing mainly in category T37 throwing and sprint events. She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Games in London. At the London Games she won a track gold as part of the sprint relay and has also achieved success as an individual athlete at both World and European events.
Rae Anderson is an Australian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics and in alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She became the seventh Australian Paralympic athlete to represent Australia at a Summer and Winter Paralympics.
Natalija Eder is a visually impaired Paralympian athlete from Austria competing mainly in F12 classification throwing events. She won a bronze medal in javelin throw at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Lucyna Kornobys is a Polish Paralympic athlete competing in discus throw, javelin throw and shot put events. She represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the silver medal in the women's shot put F34 event. She also won the silver medal in this event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.
Flora Ugwunwa is a Nigerian Paralympic athlete competing in F54-classification events. She won the gold medal in the women's javelin throw F54 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won silver in this event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.
Zhao Yuping is a visually impaired Chinese Paralympic athlete competing in F12/F13-classification events. She won the gold medal in the women's javelin throw F13 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is a four-time gold medalist in this event at the World Para Athletics Championships.
Khusniddin Norbekov is an Uzbekistani Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He is a Paralympic champion at the Summer Paralympics in 2016, 2021 and 2024. He holds five world championships titles in para-athletics.
Noura Alktebi is a Paralympic athlete from the United Arab Emirates with cerebral palsy. She won the silver medal in the women's shot put F32 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.
Lisa Adams is a New Zealand Paralympic F37 shot putter and F38 discus thrower. Adams competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, and won a gold medal in Women's shot put F37, setting 4 Paralympics records in the process.
Mindaugas Bilius is a Lithuanian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He represented Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and he won two medals, both in 2016: the gold medal in the men's shot put F37 event and the silver medal in the men's discus throw F37 event.
Róża Kozakowska is a Polish Paralympic athlete competing in F32-classification events. She won the gold medal in the women's club throw F32 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also set a new world record of 28.74 metres. She won the silver medal in the women's shot put F32 event.
Manu is an Indian para athlete who competes in shot put event. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris. He competed in the men's shot put F37 category at the Paralympics and finished sixth with a 13.86m throw.
Kudratillokhon Marufkhujaev is an Uzbekistani para-athlete, competing in F37 throwing events: shot put and discus throw. He represented Uzbekistan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal.
Yorkinbek Odilov is an Uzbekistani para-athlete, competing in F57 throwing events: shot put and javelin throw. He represented Uzbekistan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, winning the gold medal in javelin throw.
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