Aigars Apinis is a Latvian athlete. He participates in F52 class which means he has limited finger movement and no trunk or leg function.
Alex Hermans is a former Paralympian athlete from Belgium. He competed mainly in category F36 shot put events.
Namibia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. These were the first Summer Paralympics to be held since the country's accession to independence from South Africa in 1990, and thus the first Games in which Namibia was able to take part. For its inaugural participation, the country sent just two athletes, both women, who both competed in discus, javelin and shot put. They did not win any medals.
Bahrain made its Paralympic Games début the same year as its Olympic début, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City, sending a delegation to compete in athletics. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.
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.
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.
Mi Na is a Paralympic athlete from China. She competes in throwing events for F37 classification cerebral palsy athletes. From April 2014 until September 2016 she held the women's F37 World Record in the shot put. She holds the world record in the F37 discus throw. She won 9 medals at the Paralympic Games and 12 medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships.
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.
Tamara Sivakova is a Paralympian athlete from Belarus competing mainly in the throwing events.
Eva Berná is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F37 shot put events.
Renata Chilewska is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in the 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.
Rostislav Pohlmann is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F57 throwing events.
Willem Noorduin is a Paralympian athlete from Netherlands competing mainly in category F36 shot put and discus events.
Jacques Martin was a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F55 throwing events.
Sun Hai Tao is a paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in category F12 throws events.
Xu Hong Yan is a paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in category F12 shot put and discus events.
Jennifer Barrett is an American Paralympic athlete who competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics and 2000 Summer Paralympics for Team USA in discus throw and shot put winning four Paralympic medals and is also a double World champion.
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