Joël Jeannot is a male French Olympic wheelchair racer and handisport activist. From 2007 he started competing in handbikes, winning a lot of French championships as well as several world championships in para-cycling.
This article contains notable highlights from the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.
Sofiane Hamdi is a Paralympic athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.
Joshua George is a Paralympian athlete from the United States competing in category T53 events ranging from sprints to the marathon.
Supachai Koysub is an athlete and Paralympian from Thailand competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.
Richard Andrew Colman is an Australian Paralympic athlete, competing mainly in category T53 sprint events. He was born with spina bifida. He represented Australia at the four Paralympics - 2004 to 2016.
Fanie Lombaard is an athlete and Paralympian from South Africa competing in P42 pentathlon and F42 throwing events.
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.
Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi is a Paralympian athlete from Nigeria competing mainly in category F57/58 shot put and discus throw events. She has competed at four paralympics taking two gold, a silver and two bronze medals.
Angela Ballard is an Australian Paralympic athlete who competes in T53 wheelchair sprint events. She became a paraplegic at age 7 due to a car accident.
Guo Wei is a Chinese Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category F35 field events.
Faouzi Rzig is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F35 javelin events.
Thailand competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.
Fares Hamdi is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F37 long jump events.
Fatma Kachroudi is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F37 discus events.
Stefano Lippi is a paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category T42 sprint and long jump events.
Marlon Shirley is a paralympic athlete gold medalist from the United States competing mainly in category T44 events. He has been called the "fastest amputee in the world". He is known for being the first lower extremity amputee to break the 11 second barrier in the 100 meters. He has held world records in the 100M, the Long Jump, High Jump and the 200M.
Matthew Cameron is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal.
Brent Lakatos is a Canadian wheelchair racer in the T53 classification. Lakatos has represented Canada at three Summer Paralympics, and at the 2012 Games he won three silver medals in the sprint and mid-distance events. In 2013 Lakatos reached the pinnacle of his sport when he collected four gold medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships and became world champion at his classification in the 100m, 200m and 400m events.
Thailand competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was the country's tenth appearance at the Paralympic Games.
