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Stephen Sargolia is an Australian Paralympic amputee athletics competitor. At the 1984 New York Games, he won two silver medals in Men's 400 m A4 and Men's Long Jump A4. [1]
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Stephen Sargolia is an Australian Paralympic amputee athletics competitor. At the 1984 New York Games, he won two silver medals in Men's 400 m A4 and Men's Long Jump A4. [1]
Meredith Evans is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 100 m Breaststroke A4 event and four bronze medals in the Women's 100 m Backstroke A4, Women's 100 m Freestyle A4, Women's 400 m Freestyle A4, and Women's 200 m Individual Medley A4 events.
Ron (Roni) Bolotin is an Israeli paralympic swimming champion.
Gary Gudgeon is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's 400 m Freestyle C–D event, two silver medals in the Men's 100 m Backstroke C–D and Men's 4x50 m Individual Medley C events, and a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Freestyle C–D event. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games, he won four gold medals in the Men's 100 m Breaststroke A4, Men's 100 m Butterfly A4, Men's 200 m Individual Medley A4 and Men's 400 m Freestyle A4 events, and a silver medal in the Men's 100 m Backstroke A4 event.
Joseph Stephen Egan is an Australian athlete and volleyball player, who has won five medals at four Paralympics from 1980 to 2000.
S10, SB9, SM10 are para-swimming classifications used for categorizing swimmers based on their level of disability. Swimmers in this class tend to have minimal weakness affecting their legs, missing feet, a missing leg below the knee or problems with their hips. This class includes a number of different disabilities including people with amputations and cerebral palsy. The classification is governed by the International Paralympic Committee, and competes at the Paralympic Games.
S7, SB6, SM7 are para-swimming classifications used for categorizing swimmers based on their level of disability. Swimmers in this class have use of their arms and trunk. They have limited leg function or are missing a leg or parts of both legs. This class includes a number of different disabilities including people with amputations and cerebral palsy. The classification is governed by the International Paralympic Committee, and competes at the Paralympic Games.
S6, SB5, SM6 are para-swimming classifications used for categorising swimmers based on their level of disability. This class includes people with a number of different types of disability including short stature, major limb impairment or loss in two limbs. This includes people with cerebral palsy, people with dwarfism and amputees. The class competes at the Paralympic Games.
T43 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics, applying to athletes with "Double below knee amputation or similar disability." It includes ISOD classified athletes from the A4 and A9 classes.
T44 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics, applying to "Single below knee amputation or an athlete who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs." It includes ISOD A4 and A9 classes.
T45 is disability sport classification in disability athletics for people with double above or below the elbow amputations, or a similar disability. The class includes people who are ISOD classes A5 and A7. The nature of the disability of people in this class can make them prone to overuse injuries. The classification process to be included in this class has four parts: a medical exam, observation during training, observation during competition and then being classified into this class.
Brett Holcombe is an Australian Paralympic amputee athlete. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games, he won three gold medals in the Men's Long Jump A6, Men's Triple Jump A6, and Men's 4×100 m relay A4–9 events and a silver medal in the Men's High Jump A6 event. He also participated in the Australian men's standing volleyball team at the 2000 Sydney Games.
T47 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics primarily for competitors with a below elbow or wrist amputation or impairment. T47 is a classification for track events, but unlike the other T40 to T46 classifications, it has no equivalent F47 classification for field events. The amputee sports equivalent class is ISOD the A8 class. People in this class can have injuries due to overuse of their remaining upper limb.
A2 is an amputee sport classification used by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD).for people with acquired or congenital amputations. A2 sportspeople have one leg amputated above the knee. Their amputations impact their sport performance, including having balance issues, increased energy costs, higher rates of oxygen consumption, and issues with their gait.
A3 is an amputee sport classification used by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD) for people with acquired or congenital amputations. A3 classified sportspeople have both legs amputated below knee. Their amputations impact their sport performance, including having balance issues, increased energy costs, higher rates of oxygen consumption, and issues with their gait. Sports people in this class are eligible to participate in include athletics, swimming, sitting volleyball, archery, weightlifting, badminton, lawn bowls, sitzball and wheelchair basketball.
A4 is an amputee sport classification used by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD).for people with acquired or congenital amputations. People in this class have one leg amputated below the knee. Their amputations impact their sport performance, including having balance issues, increased energy costs, higher rates of oxygen consumption, and issues with their gait. Sports people in this class are eligible to participate in include athletics, swimming, sitting volleyball, archery, weightlifting, wheelchair basketball, amputee basketball, amputee football, lawn bowls, and sitzball.
A5 is an amputee sport classification used by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD).for people with acquired or congenital amputations. A5 sportspeople are people who have both arms amputated above or through the elbow joint. Their amputations impact their sport performance, including being more prone to overuse injuries. Sports people in this class are eligible to participate in include athletics, swimming, cycling, lawn bowls, and sitzball.
A6 is an amputee sport classification used by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD) for people with acquired or congenital amputations. People in this class have one arm amputated above or through the elbow joint. Their amputations impact their sport performance, including being more prone to overuse injuries. Sports people in this class are eligible to participate in include athletics, swimming, cycling, amputee basketball, amputee football, lawn bowls, and sitzball.
A8 is an amputee sport classification used by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD).for people with acquired or congenital amputations. People in this class have one arm amputated below the elbow, but through or above the wrist joint. Their amputations impact their sport performance, including being more prone to overuse injuries. Sports people in this class are eligible to participate in include athletics, swimming, cycling, amputee basketball, amputee football, lawn bowls, and sitzball.
Mark Ludbrook is a Canadian Paralympic athlete. In the 1984 Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in swimming the Men's 100 m Freestyle A4. In the 1998 Winter Paralympics, he won another bronze medal in alpine skiing in Men's Super-G LW4. He is one of few Canadians to win medals in the Summer and Winter Paralympics.
Zvi Karsh competed for Israel in men's standing volleyball at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, 1984 Summer Paralympics, 1988 Summer Paralympics, and 1992 Summer Paralympics. As a member of the Israeli team, he won gold medals in 1980 and 1984 and a silver medal in 1988.
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