She competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she won a silver medal in the women's C5-C8 javelin throw and failed to medal in the C5-C8 shot put and discus throw events
It was then 12 years before she returned to the Paralympics stage with an appearance at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she won a gold medal in the F35-38 javelin throw, a silver medal in the F35/36 shot put and a bronze medal in the F35/36/38 discus throw.
She didn't leave it as long to compete in her third games when competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F35-36 shot put and the women's F35-38 javelin throw. But failed to medal in the F35/36 discus.
Fu Xinhan is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T35 sprint and F35 throwing events.
Latvia, following its independence from the Soviet Union, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, with a delegation of two athletes in track and field. It then sent Supulnieks as its sole representative to the 1994 Winter Paralympics, for its Winter Games début. Latvia has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but missed the 1998 and 2002 Winter Games, appearing with a one-man delegation in 2006, before being absent again in 2010.
The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with disabilities competed, and the Championships were a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Alla Solomonova (Malchyk) is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F35/F36 shot put events.
Wu Qing is a Paralympic athlete from China competing in throwing events in the F36 cerebral palsy classification. As of April 2014, Wu holds F36 World Records for shot put, discus and javelin.
Marianne Buggenhagen is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.
Wang Jun is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in throwing events. She competes in the F35 classification.
Eva Berná, also known as Eva Datinská, is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F37 shot put events.
Shirlene Coelho is a Paralympian athlete. She competed in the T37 javelin throw, discus throw and shot put at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympics. At the 2016 Rio Paralympic games, she won a gold medal in Women's Javelin F37 and won a silver medal in Women's Discus Throw F38. At the 2012 London Paralympic games, she won a gold medal at the Women's Javelin F37/38 event. At the 2008 Beijing Paralympic games, she won a silver medal at the Women's Javelin F35-38.
Stela Eneva is a Paralympian athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in throwing events.
Katherine Proudfoot is a cerebral palsy athlete from Australia competing mainly in throwing events. She competed in the F36 classification at the 2008, 2012 and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning medals at each Game. Following a medical review request in early 2017, she now competes in seated throws in the F32 classification. At the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships she threw 7.04m in the Women's Shot Put Secured event, bettering the Women's F32 shot put world record mark of 6.55m.
Guo Wei is a Chinese Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category F35 field events.
Paweł Piotrowski is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in category F35–36 throwing events.
Kyle Pettey is a Paralympian athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F35 shot put events.
Willem Noorduin is a Paralympian athlete from Netherlands competing mainly in category F36 shot put and discus events.
Thierry Cibone is a Paralympic athlete competing in throwing events. He lives in New Caledonia and represents France in international competition. He has cerebral palsy.
Wang Wenbo is a Paralympic athlete from China. He competes in standing throwing events, in the F36 classification for athletes with cerebral palsy. He was a former discus world record holder in his class.
Kris Vriend née Hodgins is a retired Paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F35 discus throw events.
Mariia Pomazan is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete. She competes in throwing events in the F35 classification for athletes with cerebral palsy. As of April 2014, she held the Women's F35 world records for shot put and discus.
Mohsen Kaedi is a para-athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F34 throwing events. He has competed at two Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in the F33–34 javelin at the 2012 Games in London.
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