Namibia at the Paralympics
| Namibia at the Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | NAM |
| NPC | Namibia National Paralympic Committee |
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| Summer appearances | |
Namibia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. These were the first Summer Paralympics to be held since the country's accession to independence from South Africa in 1990, and thus the first Games in which Namibia was able to take part. For its inaugural participation, the country sent just two athletes, both women, who both competed in discus, javelin and shot put. They did not win any medals.[1]
Namibia was then absent from the Paralympics until 2004, when it entered a single representative in men's powerlifting. It returned in 2008, with a single competitor, Reginald Benade, in men's discus and shot put. Benade won Namibia's first Paralympic medal: a bronze in the discus.[2]
Namibia achieved its first Paralympic gold medal in the 2012 London Summer Paralympics. Johanna Benson, at the time Namibia's only female athlete, won the 200 meter race in her division.[3]
Namibia competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, earning two silver and two gold medals in athletics categories.[2]
Namibia has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.[4]
Medallists
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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 Bronze |
Reginald Benade | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's discus throw F35-36
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 Gold |
Johanna Benson | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's 200m T37
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 Silver |
Johanna Benson | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's 100m T37
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| Gold |
Ananias Shikongo | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 200m T11
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| Silver |
Johannes Nambala | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 100m T13
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| Silver |
Johannes Nambala | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 400m T13
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| Bronze |
Ananias Shikongo | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 100m T11
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| Bronze |
Ananias Shikongo | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 400m T11
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See also
References
- ^ Namibia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ a b Namibia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ "Benson makes history with gold medal". namibia-botschaft.de. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ Namibia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
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