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| Full name | Jhon Sebastian Obando Asprilla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 March 2001 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Jhon Sebastian Obando Asprilla (born 25 March 2001) is a Colombian T20 Para-athlete. He represented Colombia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
In May 2024, Obando represented Colombia at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the 400 metre and a bronze medal in the long jump T20 events. [2] He then represented Colombia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal in the 400 metres T20 event. [3]
Rheed McCracken is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. He named the 2012 Junior Athlete of the Year as part of the Australian Paralympian of the Year Awards. He represented Australia at the 2012 London Paralympics, 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he won three silver and two bronze medals. He will be competing at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, his fourth Games.
Stephanie Schweitzer is an Australian athletics competitor. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics but did not medal.
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