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| Country | Iraq |
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Thaair Hussin is an Iraqi Paralympic powerlifter. [1] He represented Iraq at the 2004 Summer Paralympics held in Athens, Greece and he won the bronze medal in the men's 82.5 kg event. [1]
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| Country | Iraq |
| Sport | Paralympic powerlifting |
Medal record | |
Thaair Hussin is an Iraqi Paralympic powerlifter. [1] He represented Iraq at the 2004 Summer Paralympics held in Athens, Greece and he won the bronze medal in the men's 82.5 kg event. [1]
Iraq first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948. Iraqis missed the 1952 and boycotted the 1956 games over opposition to the Suez Crisis. Following this absence, Iraq returned to win a Bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. They participated in the next three games but once again did not appear in the 1972 and 1976 games to boycott apartheid South Africa. In joining the 1976 Boycott, Iraq became only the second non-African state to participate in the boycott. Since 1980, Iraq has appeared in every game despite the Iraq Wars. On April 9, 2003, the National Olympic Committee of Iraq building in Baghdad was damaged in looting and fires from looters. Iraq's Olympic program recovered in time to compete in the Athens Olympics the following year, and the Iraq football team almost won a bronze medal but were defeated by Italy in the bronze medal match. Iraq has never competed at the Winter Olympic Games.
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