Medal record | ||
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Paralympic athletics | ||
Representing South Africa | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | Shot Put - F33/34 | |
2000 Sydney | Discus Throw - F33/34 |
Tanya Swanepoel is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category F33 shot put and discus events.
Swanepoelcompeted in the shot put and discus throw at both the 2000 Summer Paralympics and the 2004 Summer Paralympics. It was in the first of these two games that she won her medals, a bronze in the discus and a silver in the shot put. [1]
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.
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 Chinese Paralympic athlete who competes in throwing events for F37 classification cerebral palsy athletes.
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, also known as Eva Datinská, 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.
Mehrdad Karam Zadeh is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F42 shot put and discus 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.
Mohammad Sadeghimehryar is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F556 discus and shot put 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.
Diāna Krumina née Dadzīte is a Latvian Paralympic track and field athlete competing in shot put, discus and javelin throw, and is twice Paralympic javelin champion.
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.