Pieter Gruijters is a Paralympic athlete from Netherlands competing F56 seated throws and P56 pentathlon events.
René Nielsen is a Paralympic former athlete from Denmark competing mainly in category P56 pentathlon events. He now works as an ambassador and has worked as a mental coach in the Danish Superliga.
Algeria made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, sending two competitors in athletics, and a goalball team. The country has taken part in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then, but has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.
Nadia Medjmedj is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F56 shot put and discus throw events.
Eva Kacanu is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F54/F56 shot put events.
Sofia Djelal is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F56-58 javelin throw events.
Martin Němec is a Paralympian athlete from Czech Republic competing mainly in category F55 throwing events.
Rostislav Pohlmann is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F57 throwing events.
Tanto Campbell is a Paralympian athlete from Jamaica competing mainly in category F56 discus events.
Gerhard Wies is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F56 throwing events.
France Gagné is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F56 throwing events.
Alexey Ivanov is a paralympic athlete from Russia competing mainly in category F56 events.
Mokhtar Nourafshan was an Iranian paralympic athlete competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.
Mohammad Sadeghimehryar is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F556 discus and shot put events.
Suely Guimarães is a paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category F56 throwing events.
Men's shot put events for wheelchair athletes were held at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Events were held in six disability classes.
Women's shot put events for wheelchair athletes were held at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Events were held in three disability classes, F52/53 being held jointly with F32-34 cerebral palsy athletes.
Senegal sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. This was the fourth successive appearance for the nation in a Summer Paralympic Games after it debuted at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. Youssouphua Diouf, a javelin thrower, and shot put and discus thrower Daque Diop were the two athletes sent to Rio de Janeiro by Senegal. The delegation failed to win the country's first medal at the Summer Paralympics as its best performance in these Games was Diouf's seventh position in the men's javelin F56-57 event.
Panama sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7–18 September 2016. This was the nation's seventh time competing in the Summer Paralympic Games after it first entered the movement at the 1992 Summer Paralympics. The Panamanian delegation to Rio de Janeiro consisted of two athletes: shot put thrower Francisco Cedeño Almengor and javelin thrower Iveth Valdes Romero. Almengor ranked eleventh out of twelve athletes in the men's shot put F54–55 competition and Romero placed in the same position in the women's javelin F55–F56 event.
Diāna Krumina née Dadzīte is a Latvian Paralympic track and field athlete competing in shot put, discus and javelin throw, and is twice Paralympic javelin champion.
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