She competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. There she finished seventh in the women's 200 metres - T51 event, finished seventh in the women's 400 metres - T51 event and finished seventh in the women's 800 metres - T51 event. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There she finished fifth in the women's 100 metres - T52 event, finished eighth in the women's 200 metres - T52 event, finished eighth in the women's 400 metres - T52 event and finished eighth in the women's 800 metres - T52 event. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's 200 metres - T52 event and finished fourth in the 400 metres. She also competed in Beijing, China winning a bronze medal in the women's 200 metres - T52 event and finished fourth in the women's 100 metres - T52 event.
Mireia Belmonte García is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion swimmer. She is the world record holder in the short course 200 metre butterfly and 400 metre individual medley. Formerly, she held the world record in the short course 400 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle, and 1500 metre freestyle. She was the first Spanish woman to win a gold medal in swimming at an Olympic Games and is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish swimmer of all time.
Salvador Hernández Mondragón is an athlete and Paralympian from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico competing mainly in category T51/T52 wheelchair racing events.
Carlos Conceição Lopes, GOIH is a former Portuguese paralympian athlete who competed mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Maria Fernandes is a Paralympic athlete from Portugal. She mainly competes in category T38 sprint events.
Dean Bergeron is a Paralympic athlete from Canada who competed mainly in category T52 sprint events in four Paralympic Games and is pursuing a career as an actuary.
Andre Beaudoin is a Paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Supachai Koysub is an athlete and Paralympian from Thailand competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.
Peth Rungsri is a Paralympian athlete from Thailand competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Oleksandr Ivaniukhin is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Thomas Geierspichler is a Paralympic wheelchair racer from Austria. He competes in the T52 classification.
April Holmes is a Paralympic athlete from the USA competing mainly in category T44 sprint events.
Elena Chistilina is a Paralympic athlete from Russia competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.
Alicja Fiodorow-Jeromin is a Paralympic athlete from Poland competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.
Teruyo Tanaka is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T52 sprint 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.
David Francis MacCalman is a Paralympian athlete from New Zealand competing mainly in category P53 pentathlon events. He lost the use of his legs after sustaining a spinal cord injury while diving into a river.
El Salvador first competed in the Paralympic Games at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. It has participated in the Summer Paralympic Games every four years since that time. El Salvador has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics, and until Tokyo 2020, no Salvadorian had won a Paralympic medal. In 2021, Herbert Aceituno became the first athlete to win a medal, earning bronze in powerlifting at the 59 kg category.
Rosemary Little is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She won a bronze medal in wheelchair racing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and has also competed in handcycling. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, her third Games, where switched from wheelchair racing to shot put.
Anita Fordjour is a Ghanaian athlete, who has competed in wheelchair racing. She came third in the 1500 metres T54 event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and has won multiple medals at the All-Africa Games.
Ingrid Lauridsen is a Danish TW3 classified wheelchair racer who competed in the Paralympic Games and the IPC Athletics World Championships. She won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem and took six gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in New York and Stoke Mandeville. Lauridsen finished third in the women's 800 metres wheelchair event at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. She took two gold medals and three bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul and four silver medals at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. Lauridsen won three medals at the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin.
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