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Michael Morley is an Australian Paralympic athlete. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's High Jump A6 event and a bronze medal in the Men's Triple Jump A6 event. [1]
Roman Pavlyk is a Paralympic athlete from Ukraine. He has cerebral palsy and competes in T36 sprint and F36 long jump events.
Hilton Langenhoven is a South African athlete and three time Paralympic Champion, competing mainly in category F12 long jump events. He was born in Somerset West, Western Cape.
Jeff Skiba is a police officer and a Paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category P44 pentathlon events.
Matthias Schröder, also spelled Schroeder, is a visually impaired Paralympic athlete from Germany competing in T12 (track) and F12 (field) events.
Ihar Fartunau is a visually impaired Paralympic athlete from Belarus.
Sergey Sevostianov,, sometimes Sergei Sevastianov, is a blind Paralympian track and field athlete from Russia competing in pentathlon and jumping events.
Stéphane Bozzolo is a Paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category P11 pentathlon events.
The National Olympic Committee of Pakistan was created in 1948. Pakistan first participated at the Paralympic Games in 1992, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Paralympic Games since then. Pakistan has won four medals, one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in the Paralympic Games. All four medals have come courtesy of Haider Ali in the Men's Long Jump and Discus Throw events. Pakistan has never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games.
Myanmar has been a sporadic participant in the Paralympic Games. It first competed, as Burma, at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, with a delegation in track and field and shooting. These athletes were fairly successful, Tin Ngwe becoming Burma's first Paralympic champion by winning the men's 100m sprint in the C1 category. Aung Than won silver in the same event, while Tin Win took bronze in the men's 100m in category C. Burma was absent from the 1980 Games, returning in 1984 to take part in volleyball and track and field. Tin Ngwe, in category A3, won gold in the men's high jump, and silver in the long jump, while Aung Gyi won silver and bronze, respectively, in those same two events. In both Burma's appearances in the Paralympics, it fielded all-male delegations.
John Forsberg is an Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player. He was born in Melbourne and is an amputee. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games, he won two silver medals in the Men's Pairs A6/8 and Men's Singles A6/8events. At the 1988 Seoul Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles LB3 event. He won five gold medals at the 1990 and 1993 world championships. He also competed in lawn bowls at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.
T45 is disability sport classification in disability athletics for people with double above or below the elbow amputations, or a similar disability. The class includes people who are ISOD classes A5 and A7. The nature of the disability of people in this class can make them prone to overuse injuries. The classification process to be included in this class has four parts: a medical exam, observation during training, observation during competition and then being classified into this class.
T46 and F46 are disability sport classification for disability athletics. People in this class have a single below or above the elbow amputation. The amputee sports equivalent class is ISOD the A6 and A8 classes. People in this class can have injuries as a result of over use of their remaining upper limb. The classification process to be included in this class has four parts: a medical exam, observation during training, observation during competition and then being classified into this class.
Brett Holcombe is an Australian Paralympic amputee athlete. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games, he won three gold medals in the Men's Long Jump A6, Men's Triple Jump A6, and Men's 4×100 m relay A4–9 events and a silver medal in the Men's High Jump A6 event. He also participated in the Australian men's standing volleyball team at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Peter Kirby is an Australian Paralympic arm amputee athlete. He won one gold, one silver and three bronze medals at the 1984 New York Paralympics.
India competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics held across New York and Stoke Mandeville from 19 June to 1 August 1984. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics but did not appear in the last two Games. This was India's third appearance at the Summer Games for the disabled. India sent a contingent consisting of five athletes for the Games and won four medals including two silver and bronze medals each.
T47 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics primarily for competitors with a below elbow or wrist amputation or impairment. T47 is a classification for track events, but unlike the other T40 to T46 classifications, it has no equivalent F47 classification for field events. The amputee sports equivalent class is ISOD the A8 class. People in this class can have injuries due to overuse of their remaining upper limb.
A6 is an amputee sport classification used by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD) for people with acquired or congenital amputations. People in this class have one arm amputated above or through the elbow joint. Their amputations impact their sport performance, including being more prone to overuse injuries. Sports people in this class are eligible to participate in include athletics, swimming, cycling, amputee basketball, amputee football, lawn bowls, and sitzball.
A7 is an amputee sport classification used by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD) for people with acquired or congenital amputations. A7 sportspeople have both arms amputated below the elbow, but through or above the wrist joint. Their amputations impact their sport performance, including being more prone to overuse injuries. Sports people in this class are eligible to participate in include athletics, swimming, cycling, lawn bowls, and sitzball.
Datuk Abdul Latif bin Romly is a Malaysian Paralympic athlete who broke T20 long jump world record 3 times on the same day and won Malaysia's third gold medal on 11 September at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He also won the gold medal in the men's long jump T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He is Malaysia's most decorated Paralympian.
William Stedman is a New Zealand para-athlete, competing in sprints, middle-distance running and long jump events.
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