Medal record | ||
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Track and field (athletics) | ||
Representing Finland | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | Shot Put - F33-34 | |
2004 Athens | Javelin Throw - F33/34/52/53 |
Tiina Ala-aho is a paralympic athlete from Finland competing mainly in category F33 shot put and javelin events.
Tiina first competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where she won the gold medal in the F33-34 shot put. Four years later in the expanded F32-34/52/53 shot put she failed to medal but she did win a bronze in the F33/34/52/53 javelin. She then competed in the javelin again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics but failed to medal. [1]
David Francis MacCalman is a Paralympian athlete from New Zealand competing mainly in category P53 pentathlon events. He lost the use of his legs after sustaining a spinal cord injury while diving into a river.
Antonia Balek is a Paralympian athlete from Croatia competing mainly in F52 shot put and discus throw events.
Birgit Pohl was a German Paralympian athlete competing mainly in 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.
Louadjeda Benoumessad is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F34 javelin throw events.
Tetyana Yakybchuk, ,(born 21 November 1968) is a Paralympian track and field athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in throwing events.
Frances Herrmann is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F34 throwing events.
Yousra Ben Jemaa is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F32-34/51-53 throwing events.
Mauro Máximo de Jesús is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.
Kyle Pettey is a Paralympian athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F35 shot put events.
Jean-Pierre Talatini is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category F34 throwing events.
María Estela Salas Marín is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in the throwing events.
Janice Lawton is a Paralympic athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category F33 shot put and discus events.
Adrián Paz Velázquez is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.
Mokhtar Nourafshan is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.
Brydee Moore is an Australian athlete with cerebral palsy that competes in the shot put, discus and javelin. She won a silver medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics.
Birgit Kober is a German Paralympic athlete. She initially competed in F34 seated throwing events, and from 2011-2013 she became the reigning champion at European, World and Paralympic level in both shot put and javelin in her class. At the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London, she broke the world record in both her events. Following changes to the IPC rules for seated throws in 2014, she chose to compete in a standing position as an F36 athlete. She won the F36 shot put at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games with a Paralympic record throw. As of April 2017 she is World Record holder in the Women's F36 shot put, a distance of 11.52 m set in July 2016.
Lucyna Kornobys is a Polish Paralympic athlete competing in discus throw, javelin throw and shot put events. She represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the silver medal in the women's shot put F34 event. She also won the silver medal in the women's shot put F34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Fatema Nedham is a Paralympic athlete from Bahrain. She is the first female Paralympic athlete to win a medal at the Summer Paralympics for Bahrain. She represented the country at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the gold medal in the women's shot put F53 event with a throw of 4.76 metres. She was also the flag bearer for her country during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.