Assunta Legnante is a visually impaired Italian shot putter. She has competed in both the Olympics and the Paralympics, one of the few athletes to do so. As of February 2013, she is the current F11 shot put world record holder. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's discus throw F11, and Women's shot put F12, winning silver medals.
Louise Ellery is an Australian Paralympic track and field athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medalist and former world record holder in F32 Shot put for elite athletes with a disability. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won a bronze medal.
The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Marianne Buggenhagen is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.
Frances Herrmann is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F34 throwing events.
Mathias Mester is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F40 throwing events.
Todd Hodgetts, is an Australian athlete on the autism spectrum who won a gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, and also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Birgit Kober is a German Paralympic athlete. She initially competed in F34 seated throwing events, and from 2011 to 2013 she became the reigning champion at European, World and Paralympic level in both shot put and javelin in her class. At the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, she broke the world record in both her events. Following changes to the IPC rules for seated throws in 2014, she chose to compete in a standing position as an F36 athlete. She won the F36 shot put at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games with a Paralympic record throw. As of April 2017 she is World Record holder in the Women's F36 shot put, a distance of 11.52 m set in July 2016.
Deepa Malik is an Indian athlete. She started her career at the age of 30. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in shot put. She also won gold in the F-53/54 Javelin event at the para athletic Grand Prix held in Dubai in 2018. She is currently the world number one in the F-53 category. She has won accolades for her participation in various adventure sports. She is associated with Himalayan Motorsports Association (H.M.A.) and Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (F.M.S.C.I.). She has undertaken an 8-day, 1,700-km drive in sub-zero temperatures which included a climb to 18,000 feet (5,500 m). It was – Raid De Himalaya. This journey covers many difficult paths including remote Himalayas, Leh, Shimla and Jammu.
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 World Para Athletics Championships and 2023 World Para Athletics Championships. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Jayden Sawyer is an Australian para athlete who competes mainly in the F38 category in throwing events. He won has won gold and bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Championships. He competed at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics.
Sebastian Ernst Klaus Dietz is a German track and field athlete who competes in disability athletics in the F36 category. Dietz specializes in both the discus and shot put, winning a gold medal in the former at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. As well as achieving Paralympic success Dietz has also won gold in his classification in both discus and shot put at the IPC World Championships.
Marie Brämer-Skowronek is a German Paralympic athlete competing in F34 classification throwing events. Brämer-Skowronek represented Germany at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, entering the javelin throw and the shot put. She finished tenth in the shot and in the javelin, which stretched over four classifications, she threw a distance of 20.43 metres to win the silver medal. As well as Paralympic success, Brämer-Skowronek won a bronze medal at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in the javelin.
Jessee Wyatt is an Australian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Jana Schmidt is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T42 track and field events.
Franziska Liebhardt is a Paralympic athlete from Germany. She competes in throwing events in the F37 classification and in the long jump in the T37 classification. As of September 2016, she holds the women's F37 world record in the shot put, which she set whilst competing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Frank Tinnemeier is a German Paralympic athlete who competes in shot put at international elite events. He is a three-time world medalist and a European champion, who has also competed at the Paralympic Games three times.
Frederike Charlotte Koleiski is a German Paralympic athlete who competes in discus throw and shot put in international elite competitions. She is a World champion in shot put and narrowly missed a medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Juliane Mogge is a German Paralympic athlete who competes at international track and field competitions in the shot put. She is a World silver medalist and a two-time European bronze medalist.
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