Medal record | ||
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Paralympic athletics | ||
Representing Spain | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | 5000 metres - T52 | |
2004 Athens | 1500 metres - T52 | |
2000 Sydney | 800 metres - T52 | |
2004 Athens | 5000 metres - T52 |
Santiago Sanz is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T52 wheelchair racing events.
Santiago has competed in four Paralympics, winning a total of four medals. At his debut in the 2000 Paralympics, he won a silver in the 5000m and bronze in the 800m, while also competing in the 1500m. He then competed in Athens for the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where he again won a silver and bronze, this time in the 1500m and 5000m, respectively. He also again competed in the 800m. In 2008 he competed in the 800m and marathon but failed to medal in either. [1] Sanz' final Paralympics came at the 2016 Rio Games, where he finished sixth in the men's 1500 T52. [2] Sanz has also competed in multiple world championships and won four gold medals in 2006.
Benny Govaerts is a Paralympian athlete from Belgium competing mainly in category T37 middle-distance events.
Steve Orens is a Paralympian athlete from Belgium competing mainly in category T52 long-distance events.
Marcel Eric Hug is a Paralympic athlete from Switzerland competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Hug, nicknamed 'The Silver Bullet', has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games for Switzerland, winning two bronze medals in his first Games in Athens in 2004. In 2010 he set four world records in four days, and at the 2011 World Championships he won a gold in the 10,000 metres and four silver medals, losing the gold in three events to long term rival David Weir. This rivalry continued into the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where Hug won two silvers, in the 800m and the marathon. In the 2013 World Championships Hug dominated the field, winning five golds and a silver. During the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, Hug was one of the most consistent competitors in the T54 class, winning two golds, in the 800m and marathon, and two silvers medals, in the 1500m and 5000m.
Richard Reelie is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T52 wheelchair racing events.
David Martin Evans, OAM is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He is an arm amputee, and his nickname was 'Clock'.
Philippe Couprie is a paralympic track and field athlete from France competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.
Marc Quessy is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T52 wheelchair racing events. Before his transition to the wheelchair race, Marc was a member of the Canadian wheelchair basketball team that won the silver medal at the Gold Cup in Melbourne, Australia, in 1986.
Florence Sireau-Gossiaux is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Mustapha Badid is a paralympic track and field athlete from France competing mainly in category T53 wheelchair racing events.
David Howe is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T38 middle-distance events.
José Javier Conde Pujana is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T46 long-distance events.
Leticia Torres is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Ariadne Hernández Rodríguez is a paralympic track and field athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F53 middle to long-distance events.
Tim Johansson is a Paralympic athlete from Sweden competing mainly in category T51 wheel chair racing events.
Wu Yanjian is a paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in category T46 distance running events.
Bart Dodson is an American paralympic athlete. He is from the United States competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.
Juana Soto is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category TW4 sprint events.
Andrzej Wróbel is a paralympic athlete from Poland competing mainly in category T37 distance events.
Per Vesterlund is a paralympic athlete from Sweden competing mainly in category T52 track events.
Natalia Kocherova is Russian Paralympic wheelchair and cross-country skier from Omsk.