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Deaf Hungarian fencer Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő won two individual medals (a gold and a bronze) and five team medals at the Olympics between 1960 and 1976. She never competed at the Deaflympics, as fencing was never part of the event's programme. [1] [2] Several athletes with disabilities have competed in both the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah is a Ghanaian athlete and disability rights activist from Koforidua.Yeboah was born in 1977 [1] with a severely deformed right leg. [2] In 2001, he rode the 400 mi (644 km) across Ghana [1] to bring attention to the plight of disabled people in that country. [2]
So Wa-wai (Chinese: 蘇樺偉; Jyutping: sou 1 waa 4 wai 5; born on 6th October 1981) [1] is a retired athlete from Hong Kong who has competed in the Paralympic Games on five occasions, winning 12 medals. He has been referred to as the "Wonder Boy" (Chinese: 神奇小子; Jyutping: san 4 kei 4 siu 2 zi 2) by Hong Kong people.
This was the first time events for disabled athletes have featured at the Summer Olympic Games, [3] with the Paralympic Games being the traditional venue for top level para-athletics. The wheelchair races were the second Olympic exhibition event for disabled athletes, following on from the disabled skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics , held ...
Black athletes made up 17.8% of the Olympic roster and 12.7% of the Paralympic team, the second-largest group in each case. In whole numbers, that translated into 28 athletes on the Paralympic ...
Marla Lee Runyan (married name Lonergan; [1] born January 4, 1969) is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres. She is also an athlete that competed in both the Paralympics and the Olympics, both reaching the finals.
Competitors are typically organised into three broad categories: deaf sports, athletes with a physical disability, and athletes with an intellectual disability.Deaf athletes typically compete among themselves at events such as the Deaflympics, or in able-bodied events (such as British hammer thrower Charlotte Payne) while athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities are usually ...
Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead says too many disabled athletes are known for their time on reality TV shows rather than their exploits in sport. ... I think when you look at the Olympic ...