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In addition, another 16 participants have died at the Olympics from other causes; 11 of these deaths were from the Munich massacre. Several incidents related to the Olympics have caused the death of non-participants. Large numbers were killed during the Lima football riot of 1964 and the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City in 1968.
The 2004 Summer Paralympics (Greek: Θερινοί Παραολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004. 3,808 athletes (2,643 Men and 1,165 Women) from 136 countries participated.
Clark competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens where she won gold in the T34 100m and 200m. [1] She died of neuroblastoma on August 2, 2014, aged 31. [2]
The 2004 Summer Paralympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Paralympics, were a international summer multi-parasport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004.
Pages in category "Deaths in sport" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... Olympic and Paralympic deaths; R. Rotational falls; S.
That Paralympic appearance in 2021 saw her become the first woman to represent Afghanistan since the Athens Paralympic Games in 2004 and also the first Afghan woman to compete in taekwondo at the ...
Pitt represented Great Britain at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She won British Dressage 's winter championship title in April 2013. [ 6 ] She was in the para-equestrian dressage team that won gold at the 2010 World Equestrian Games.
Swimmer Rudy Garcia-Tolson had the rings tattooed on his left shoulder after winning a gold medal in the 2004 Athens Paralympics and later covered the ink once the IPC began cracking down. During ...