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| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 2005 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T11 | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yitayal Silesh Yigzaw (born 28 February 2005) is an Ethiopian T11 Paralympic middle-distance runner. He represented Ethiopia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Yigzaw represented Ethiopia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in the 1500 metres T11 event. [1] [2]
The 2004 Summer Paralympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Paralympics, were a summer international multi-parasport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004. A total of 3,806 athletes representing 136 National Paralympic Committees (NPC) participated, and 17 NPCs made their Paralympic debuts in Athens. The Games featured 519 events in 19 sports, including the Paralympic debut of football 5-a-side.
Elizabeth Gemma Clegg, is a Scottish Paralympic sprinter and tandem track cyclist who has represented both Scotland and Great Britain at international events. She represented Great Britain in the T12 100m and 200m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the T12 100m race. She won Gold in Rio at the 2016 Paralympic Games in 100m T11 where she broke the world record and T11 200m, beating the previous Paralympic record in the process, thus making her a double Paralympic champion.
Odair Santos is a visually impaired Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing mainly in T11 classification middle and long-distance events. A veteran of four Paralympics, Santos has won nine Paralympic medals, including five silver medals. Santos is also a four time IPC World champion at the 1,500 metres event, being unbeaten from 2006 to 2015.
Jason Joseph Dunkerley is a Canadian Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category T11 and T12 middle-distance events.
Terezinha Guilhermina is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T11 sprint events, T11 being the category for totally blind athletes. She has congenital retinitis pigmentosa, as do five of her twelve brothers.
Ethiopia's participation in the Paralympic Games has been sporadic. The country made its Paralympic début at the 1968 Summer Games in Tel Aviv, sending two competitors who both competed in both athletics and table tennis. Ethiopia was then absent from the Games for almost a decade, returning in 1976 with a one-man delegation Abraham Habte, who entered athletics, lawn bowls and table tennis. In 1980, Habte was again Ethiopia's only representative, this time competing only in lawn bowls. Ethiopia then entered a prolonged period of absence, before sending a single runner to the 2004 Games. In 2008, the country entered a two-man delegation in athletics. In 2012, Wondiye Fikre Indelbu became the first Ethiopian to win a medal in the Paralympic Games, winning a silver in the men's 1500 meters - T46 event in athletics.
The Men's 4 × 100 m relay T11-13 for blind & visually impaired athletes at the 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in the Athens Olympic Stadium on 27 September. The event consisted of 3 heats and a final, and was won by the team representing China.
Jerusa Geber dos Santos is a visually impaired Brazilian sprinter. Competing in the T11 classification, Geber has competed at two Summer Paralympic Games, winning two silver and a bronze medal. She is also a multiple World Championships and Parapan American medalist, taking ten medals over five tournaments. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 100m T11, and Women's 200m T11.
Guatemala sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7–18 September 2016. This was the nation's seventh time competing in the Summer Paralympic Games since it made its debut forty years prior in Toronto, Canada. Middle-distance runner Óscar Raxón Siquiej was the only athlete that Guatemala sent to Rio de Janeiro after he was awarded a wild card spot by the International Paralympic Committee. He was third and last in his heat in the men's 1500 metres T11 and failed to advance to the final since only the top six were allowed in that stage of the competition.
The Men's 800m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. One event was contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.
The Women's 1500m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from 8 to 17 September. A total of four events were contested over this distance for eight different classifications.
Kenya competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
The medal table of the 2020 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals that are won by their athletes during the competition. The 2020 Paralympics were the sixteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021. There were 539 medal events.
Kenya Karasawa is a visually impaired Japanese Paralympic long-distance runner. He represented Japan at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Asila Mirzayorova is a visually impaired Uzbekistani Paralympic athlete. She won the silver medal in the women's long jump T11 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, she won gold in the women's long jump T11 while breaking the Paralympic record twice. Her best 2024 Paralympics jump was 5.24 meters.
Keula Nidreia Pereira Semedo, also known as Keula Semedo, is a Cape Verdean Paralympic athlete. She made her first Paralympic appearance representing Cape Verde at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Chen Shichang is a Chinese T11 Paralympic long jumper. He represented China at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Guillaume Junior Atangana is a Cameroonian T11 Paralympic sprint runner. He represented Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Enderson Germán Santos González is a Venezuelan T11 Paralympic sprint runner.
Yayesh Gate Tesfaw is an Ethiopian Paralympic athlete. She made her first Paralympic appearance representing Ethiopia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. She won gold in the women's T11 1500m event at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
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