 Hammadi (right) at the 2012 Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Mohamed Hammadi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 July 1985 (age 38) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | cerebral palsy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 100–800 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mohamed Hammadi (born 13 July 1985) is a Paralympic wheelchair racer from United Arab Emirates who competes in category T34 short and middle-distance events. [1]
He won two medals in the 100 m and 200 m sprint at the 2012 Paralympics. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, he placed fourth over 100 m, but won the 800 m event. [2] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics he won a silver medal in the 800 metres T34 event and a bronze medal in the 100 metres T34 event.
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