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Karin Morisaki is a Japanese Paralympic powerlifter. [1] [2]
Morisaki was diagnosed with a spinal arteriovenous fistula shortly after she was born. The condition caused paraplegia. [1]
Morisaki was charged with lighting the Paralympic flame at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium alongside Yui Kamiji and Shunsuke Uchida. [3] [4]
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
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The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
Abderrahman Ait Khamouch Badaui is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T46 middle distance and marathon events. Originally from Morocco, he emigrated to Spain and gained citizenship in August 2008. He has represented Spain at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning silver in the 1,500 meters and bronze in the 800 meters in 2008, and silver in the marathon in 2012.
Sweden was the host country of the inaugural Winter Paralympic Games in 1976, in Örnsköldsvik. The country was represented by 16 athletes. This was only the sixth largest delegation, despite Sweden being the host nation. Swedes competed exclusively in cross-country skiing; the host country was thus unrepresented in alpine skiing.
Konstantinos Mourikis is a Greek water polo player. He was part of the Greek team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championship and the bronze medal at the 2016 World League and 2020 World League
Enhamed Enhamed Mohamed Yahdih is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. He is an B1/S11 type swimmer.
Deborah Font Jiménez is a swimmer from Spain.
Marta Maria Gómez Battelli is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Pablo Cimadevila Álvarez is an S6 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold in the 200 meter individual medley. He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in the 4×50 meter medley relay 20 pts race. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in the 200 meter individual medley race and a bronze in the 4×50 m medley 20 points race. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where he did not win a medal.
Vicente Gil Ros is an S5 swimmer from Spain.
Diego de Paz Pazo is a Spanish wheelchair basketball player.
Daniel Rodríguez Martín is a Spanish wheelchair basketball player. He represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics as a member of Spain men's national wheelchair basketball team.
Jesús María Romero Martín is a Spanish wheelchair basketball player. He represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics as a member of Spain men's national team.
Rafael Muino Gamez is a Spanish wheelchair basketball player. He represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics as a member of Spain national team.
Marta Arce Payno is a B3 classified Spanish judo competitor who has represented Spain at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics where she has won a pair of silver medals and a bronze medal.
Loida Zabala Ollero is a Spanish disability powerlifter who has represented Spain at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics.
José F Urbano Martos is a 5-a-side football team coach from Spain, who has coached at the regional and international level, including the national team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics that won a bronze medal.
The 2020 Summer Paralympics torch relay was held from 12 August 2021 to 24 August 2021. After being lit in multiple locations in Japan and Great Britain, the torch was intended to travel around Japan and end in Tokyo's New National Stadium, the main venue of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The relay took place on a smaller scale than the Olympic relay, starting in Tokyo, with local flames lighted through Saitama, Chiba and Shizuoka prefectures where events of the games were held. The relay ended at the 2020 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony. The LIXIL Corporation was the presenting partner of the torch relay.
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