Li Qiang is a paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in category T12 sprint events.
Li was the star of the T12 sprint events in Sydney during the 2000 Summer Paralympics winning gold in both the 100m and 200m and silver in the 400 m. In the following two Paralympics, Li failed to win any more individual medals despite competing in the same three events in each, he did however win gold as part of the Chinese 4 × 100 m relay team in both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics. [1]
Joyleen Jeffrey is a Paralympic sprinter from Papua New Guinea.
Luís Gonçalves is a Portuguese visually-impaired sprint runner, who competes mainly in category T12 events.
Gabriel Potra is a Paralympian athlete from Portugal. He mainly competes in category T12 sprint events.
Yang Yuqing is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T12 sprint events.
Adekunle Adesoji is a Paralympian athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category, T12 sprint events.
Matthias Schröder, also spelled Schroeder, is a visually impaired Paralympic athlete from Germany competing in T12 (track) and F12 (field) events.
Terezinha Guilhermina is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T11 sprint events, T11 being the category for totally blind athletes. She has congenital retinitis pigmentosa, as do five of her twelve brothers.
Wu Chunmiao is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Volha Zinkevich is a Paralympian athlete from Belarus competing mainly in category F12 long jump events.
Wang Juan is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T44 sprinter events.
Yoldani Silva is a Paralympian athlete from Venezuela competing mainly in category T12 sprint events.
Ricardo Santana is a Paralympian athlete from Venezuela competing mainly in category T12 sprint events.
Fernando Ferrer is a Venezuelan Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Omara Durand Elías is a visually impaired Cuban sprinter, who competes in T12 and T13 events. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she won gold medals in the 100 m – T13 and 400 m – T13 competitions. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics she won the 100 m – T12 event, setting a new world record at 11.40. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's 400m T12.
The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was the biggest track and field competition for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Lyon, France, and lasted from 20 to 28 July. Around 1,100 athletes competed, from 94 different countries. The event was held in the Stade du Rhône located at the Parc de Parilly in Vénissieux, in Lyon Metropolis.
Mateusz Michalski is a visually impaired sprinter from Poland. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympics and won a gold in the 200 metres and a silver in the 100 metres in 2012. His time of 21.56 s in the 200 m set a new world record.
Ndodomzi Jonathan Ntutu is a visually impaired South African sprinter. Ndodomzi Jonathan Ntutu is currently South Africa's fastest ever para-athlete. His 10.80 was posted on April 12, 2018, during the heats of the Commonwealth Games. Competing in the T12 classification, Ntutu has competed at three Summer Paralympic Games, winning bronze in the 2012 Games in London. He is also a multiple World Championships winner, taking five medals over four tournaments.
Mozambique sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. This was the country's second time competing at a Summer Paralympic Games after making its debut at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Mozambique was represented by one athlete, Edmilisa Governo, a short-distance sprinter. She competed in two events, the women's 100 metres T12 competition and the women's 400 metres T12. Governo reached the semi-finals of the women's 100 metres T12 and took Mozambique's first Paralympic Games medal in the women's 400 metres T12 by placing third in the final of the competition.
Lesotho sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. This was the fifth time the country competed in the Summer Paralympic Games after it made its debut sixteen years prior at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. The delegation to Rio de Janeiro consisted of two athletes: sprinter Sello Mothebe and discus thrower Litsitso Khotele. Mothebe originally came third in the heats of the men's 200 metres T12 and the men's 400 metres T12 events but he was retroactively disqualified for testing positive for a banned substance. Khotele ranked tenth in the women's discus throw F43–44 competition with a throw of 19.91 metres.
Sun Qichao is a Chinese Paralympic sprinter mainly competing in T12 events. He won the silver medal at the Men's 400 metres T12 event at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. He won the gold medal at the Men's 400 metres T12 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.