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The Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games were marred by a scandal which saw a Intelectual Disability athletes removed from the next two Summer Paralympics. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Fernando Vicente Martin, former head of the Spanish Federation for Mentally Handicapped Sports, allowed neurotypical athletes to compete at the Games in order to win the biggest ...
Action shot of Australian track athlete Lisa Llorens during her silver medal winning run in the 100 m T20 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Australian track athletes Katrina Webb (left) and Alison Quinn (right) celebrate with their Australian fans in the crowd over their medal wins in the 100 m T38 at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games, Day 07 ...
Hyginus Anugo, 22, of Nigeria, a 4 × 400 metres relay reserve, was killed after being struck by a car while crossing a street in Sydney eight days before the Games opened. [33] He did not have Olympic accreditation and was not staying at the Olympic athletes' village.
Two East Timor athletes took part in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, but they competed officially as Individual Paralympic Athletes, rather than as representatives of an NPC. [ 1 ] There were two "individual Paralympians" from East Timor: Alcino Pereira in the men's 5,000m race (T38 category) in track and field ; and Mateus Lukas in ...
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Lee and his team playing sitting volleyball at the 2000 Paralympic games Lee serving in a sitting volleyball match during the 2000 Paralympics. Albert Lee (born 17 October 1962) is an Australian double leg amputee athlete who participated at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in sitting volleyball. Lee lost his legs in a train accident when he was 20 ...
Francis shown wrapped in the Australian flag and holding his gold medal won in the Men's 4 x 100 m T46 relay at the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games. Heath Wesley Francis, OAM [1] (born 16 November 1981 in Newcastle, New South Wales [2] is an Australian athlete who has participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics.
Emi Perry struggled to accept her new identity as a para athlete, but resilience kept her in the sport until she reached Paralympic status. This athlete lost the use of her legs 7 years ago. How ...