Odair Santos is a visually impaired Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing mainly in T11 classification middle and long-distance events. A veteran of four Paralympics, Santos has won nine Paralympic medals, including five silver medals. Santos is also a four time IPC World champion at the 1,500 metres event, being unbeaten from 2006 to 2015.
Noel Thatcher is a British Paralympic runner who represented the United Kingdom at six Paralympic Games between 1984 and 2004, collecting a total of five gold medals. His two career highlights are winning gold and setting a world record at Barcelona in 1992, and winning the 5k race in Sydney in 2000, again setting a world record. At the 2004 Games in Athens, he carried the flag for the Great Britain team at the opening ceremony.
David Devine is a British Paralympic athlete. Devine competes in T12 and T13 middle-distance track events, and has represented Great Britain in both the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships and the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was the biggest track and field competition for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Lyon, France, and lasted from 20 to 28 July. Around 1,100 athletes competed, from 94 different countries. The event was held in the Stade du Rhône located at the Parc de Parilly in Vénissieux, in Lyon Metropolis.
El Amin Chentouf, is a Moroccan para-athlete running in T12 distance races. He has represented his country at three Summer Paralympics winning gold medals at each competition. Outside the Paralympics, Chentouf is also a world series Marathon champion, winning the T12/13 event at three London Marathons.
Namibia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Jaryd Clifford is an Australian Paralympic, vision impaired, middle-distance athlete. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics. He won gold medals in the Men's 1500m and 5000m T13 events at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Clifford represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he won silver medals in the Men's 5000m T13 and Men's Marathon T12, and a bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m T13. He competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Sümeyye Özcan is a Turkish female middle distance runner and goalball player in the B1 class. She is a member of the national team.
Hamide Kurt Doğangün is a Turkish Paralympian athlete competing in the T53 disability class sprint events of 100m and 400m, T52/T53 class middle-distance event of 800m as well as T53/T54 class 4 × 400 m relay event.
Zübeyde Süpürgeci is a Turkish Paralympian athlete competing in the T54 disability class events of 100m, 400m and 800m as well as T53/T54 class 4 × 400 m relay event.
Zeynep Acet is a Turkish Paralympian athlete competing in the T53 disability class sprint events of 100m and 400m. She is a member of the Bağcılar Belediyesi Disabled SK in Istanbul.
Öznur Alumur, also known as Öznur Alumur Yılmaz or Öznur Akbulut, is a Turkish female Paralympian athlete competing in the F11, T11 and T12 disability class middle-distance events of 400m and 1500m. She is a member of Gaziantep BB Disabled SK.
Hasan Hüseyin Kaçar is a Turkish middle and long distance runner competing in the T11 class.
Büşra Nur Tırıklı is a Turkish Paralympian athlete competing in the F11 disability class of discus throw event. She is a member of Gaziantep BB Disabled SK.
Mehmet Tunç is a Turkish male Paralympian athlete competing in the T11 disability class of sprint and long jump events. He is a member of Gaziantep BB Disabled SK.
Oğuz Akbulut is a Turkish Paralympian athlete competing in the T12 and T13 disability classes sprint and middle-distance events.
Havva Elmalı is a Turkish female para athlete competing in the T11 disability class middle-distance events of 400m and 1500m.
Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu is a Turkish female para athlete competing in the T12 disability class middle-distance events of 400m and 1500m.
Mikail Al is a Turkish Paralympian athlete. He is competing in the men's 1500 m middle and 5000 m long-distance running events of T13 disability class.
