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Athletics At The 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 Metres T54
The Men's 5,000m T54 had its First Round held on September 8 at 19:18 and its Final on September 11 at 19:35. Medalists Results References Round 1 - Heat 1 {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 5000 metres T54 Athletics a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prawat Wahoram
Prawat Wahoram (; born 24 March 1981) is a Paralympian athlete from Thailand competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. He competed for Thailand in six Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2020 and got the total of seven gold, eight silver, and one bronze medals. He is considered the most successful Thai Paralympic athlete. Career Competing in wheelchair athletics, Wahoram has represented Thailand at the Paralympic Games on six occasions. He won his first medals, two gold, at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning the 5000 m and 10000 m races in the T54 category. Wahoram competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics at various distances, the 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m and 10000 m race. He won an individual silver in the 10000 m race, as well as two gold medals in team events in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relays. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the 5000 metres event as well as three silver and one bronze medals. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Zaragoza
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century ( Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th. and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th Century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: ''Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aron Anderson
Aron Karl Riggert Anderson (born 26 January 1988) is a Swedish adventurer, motivational speaker and a paralympian-athlete. Anderson was the first wheelchair user to summit Sweden's highest mountain, Kebnekaise, and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Biography In January 1996, Anderson and his parents were told by doctors he had cancer in his lower back. He was treated with chemotherapy and radiation throughout 1996 and early 1997. The treatments did not work, and in late 1997 the cancer was removed surgically, at which time Anderson lost function in both legs. He competes as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2022, which is broadcast by TV4. He is also the first dancer to use a wheelchair on the show. Athletics Aron Anderson became a para-athlete in three different sports, sailing, athletics and sledge-hockey and has participated in four Paralympic Games. Between 1999 and 2005, he competed in sailing, he stopped competing after the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, Greece. He instead st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ledo
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Michel Filteau
Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), Spanish former footballer and manager * ''Michel'' (TV series), a Korean animated series * German auxiliary cruiser ''Michel'' * Michel catalog, a German-language stamp catalog * St. Michael's Church, Hamburg or Michel * S:t Michel, a Finnish town in Southern Savonia, Finland People * Alain Michel (other), several people * Ambroise Michel (born 1982), French actor, director and writer. * André Michel (director), French film director and screenwriter * André Michel (lawyer), human rights and anti-corruption lawyer and opposition leader in Haiti * Anette Michel (born 1971), Mexican actress * Anneliese Michel (1952 - 1976), German Catholic woman undergone exorcism * Annett Wagner-Michel (born 1955), German Woman Internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebbe Blichfeldt
Ebbe Blichfeldt is a Danish wheelchair racer living in Switzerland who has competed internationally in the Paralympic Games and other parathletic events, in the T54 classification for athletes with spinal cord injuries who compete in wheelchairs. He also works as an occupational therapist. Blichfeldt was paralysed at age 13 as a side effect of cancer, and began wheelchair racing in 2001. His competitions have included competing for Denmark at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and for Denmark at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where he qualified as the only Danish wheelchair racer, and earned big cheers from the crowd despite finishing last in his heat in the 5000m race. He placed third in the wheelchair category of the Dublin Marathon in 2018, and second in the 2018 Rome Marathon. He has held the Danish records for 1500m and 5000m wheelchair racing. Blichfeldt moved to Switzerland in 2009, and trains at the Swiss Paraplegic Centre in Nottwil along with other parathletes including c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Botello
Rafael Botello Jiménez (born 23 February 1979) is a Spanish wheelchair athlete specializing in long-distance events. He has represented Spain at the 2008 and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Personal life Botello was born in Vic, Barcelona on 23 February 1979 and since then still living in Manlleu (SPAIN). His father was born in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in northern Africa, and his mother was born in Arquillos, Jaen. He has one sister. In 2002, he was in a bicycle accident that left him a paraplegic because of damage to the thoracic spinal nerve 11 and 12. Prior to his accident he played a number of sports on the amateur level including football, kickboxing and athletics. Athletics Botello is a T54 competitor. In 2017, he was the Spanish national record holder in the 1500 meters, on the track, and 2011 in 5 km, 10 km and 2017 in marathon on the road. He was the first Spanish wheelchair competitor to go sub-1:25 in the marathon and sub-10:15 in the 5,000 meters. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Bleakney
Adam Bleakney is a paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Adam has competed in numerous events at three Paralympics. He has competed at events from 100m to marathon in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was .... He won his sole medal in the 2004 800m where he finished second. References External links Profile from University of Illinois* Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for the United States American male sprinters American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Fuss
Alain Fuss (born 10 July 1968 in La Tronche) is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T54 long-distance events. Alain has competed in two Paralympics. His first appearance in Athens in 2004 he competed in the T54 5000m, 10000m and marathon without any medal success. Four years later in Beijing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ... he competed in the T54 1500m, 5000m and 10000m again without winning a medal but did pick up a medal as part of the bronze medal-winning French team in the T53/54 4 × 400 m. References * * 1968 births Living people Paralympic athletes for France Paralympic bronze medalists for France Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ampai Sualuang
Ampai Sualuang (; born 8 February 1973) is a paralympic athlete from Thailand competing mainly in category T54 sprint events. Biography Ampai has competed in four Paralympics winning two medals. He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ... and was part of the Thai 4 × 100 m relay team won a gold medal and won another silver medal as part of the 4 × 100 m relay team. References External links * Ampai Sualuang Ampai Sualuang Ampai Sualuang Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Hiromichi
is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T53 wheelchair racing events. Jun competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was f ... where like many wheelchair racers he competed in events as diverse as the 200m and marathon but both of his medals, a silver in 2000 and bronze in 2004, came in the 800m. References 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Sakai, Osaka Paralympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Japan Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Japanese male wheelchair racers Paralymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Amacher
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