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Swimming At The 1996 Summer Paralympics
Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 168 events, 87 for men and 81 for women. Because of a tie in the men's 100 m freestyle S4 event, a total of 169 bronze medals were awarded. The 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta were the first ones where swimming was fully integrated based on functional disability, with classification no longer separated into classes based on the four disability types of vision impaired, cerebral palsy, amputee, and wheelchair sport. Countries no longer had multiple national swimming teams based on disability type but instead had one mixed disability national team. Medal table Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal summary Men's events Women's events See also *Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics References * {{Paralympic Games Swimming 1996 Summer Paralympics events 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Swimming
Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee. Both men and women compete in para swimming, racing against competitors of their own gender. Swimming has been a part of the Paralympic program since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Rules Rules for the sport are adapted from those set forth by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). Swimmers compete individually in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley, and as teams in relay races. At the Paralympics, World Championships and other elite level competitions, swimmers compete in an Olympic-size swimming pool. Significant differences between able-bodied and para swimming include the starting position and adaptations allowed for visually impaired swimmers. Competitors may start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Pinard
Pascal Pinard (born 10 September 1965)"Pascal Pinard, histoire d’eau" '''', October 30, 2000 is a French and multiple gold medallist. He first represented France at the |
Peter Lund Andersen
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duane Kale
Duane Paul Kale (born 1 September 1967) is a New Zealand Paralympic swimmer who won four gold medals, along with a silver and a bronze, at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. He was also the Chef de Mission for the New Zealand Paralympic Team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. In the 1997 New Year Honours, Kale was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to swimming. In November 2013, he was elected to the International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ... Governing Board. References External links * * 1967 births Living people New Zealand male swimmers New Zealand referees and umpires Paralympic swimmers of New Zealand Paralympic gold medalists for New Zealand Paralympic silver medalists for New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Butler (swimmer)
Daniel Butler may refer to: * Daniel Allen Butler (born 1957), American author, historian and playwright * Dan Butler (born 1954), American actor * Dan Butler (baseball) (born 1986), American professional baseball catcher * Dan Butler (civil servant), American civil servant * Daniel Butler (cyclist) (1944–1970), American Olympic cyclist * Dan Butler (footballer, born 1994), English footballer * Dan Butler (Australian footballer) (born 1996), Australian rules football player * Daniel Butler (minister) (1808–1893), American minister * Dan B. Butler (1879–?), American football coach and mayor of Omaha, Nebraska * Daniel Butler, host of television show ''America's Dumbest Criminals ''America's Dumbest Criminals'' is an American reality series that aired in syndication from September 21, 1996, to May 27, 2000, for a total of 104 episodes. For international syndication the show was titled ''Everyone's Dumbest Criminals''. The ...'' * Daniel N. Butler (born 1984), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Giapoutzis
Antonios or Antónios is a Greek masculine given name that is a variant of Antonis, as well as a surname. Notable people with this name include the following: Given name * Antonios Antoniadis (born 20th-century), Greek physician * Antonios Antonopoulos (1805–1887), Greek politician *Antonios Aronis (born 1957), Greek water polo player * Antonios Asimakopoulos (born 1976), Greek basketball player *Antonios Eparchos (1491–1571), Greek humanist, soldier and poet * Antonios Fokaidis (born 1989), Greek swimmer *Antonios Georgantas (1799 - 1884), Greek Major General * Antonios Georgoulis (born 1928), Greek wrestler * Antonios Giannoulas (born 1976), Greek boxer *Antonios Gioulbas (born 1986), Greek swimmer * Antonios Gryllos (1917 – 1993), Greek wrestler *Antonios Kalamogdartis (1810–1856), Greek politician *Antonios Karyofyllis (1904 – 1989), Greek athlete *Antonios Katinaris (1931 – 1999), Greek musician *Antonios Keramopoulos (1870 – 1960), Greek archaeologist * Antonios ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Cairns
Kenneth Cairns MBE (born 20 December 1957) is a British swimmer who won five Paralympic gold medals across five Games, along with several world titles. He broke several records in swimming events, and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours for services to disabled sports. Cairns was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2015, and into the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2018. Biography At the age of 16 Cairns was involved in a motorcycle accident which resulted in damage to his spine and left him confined to a wheelchair. He began swimming to improve his fitness in 1976 and, at the National Stoke Mandeville Games the following year, won all of the swimming events that he entered. Before dedicating his time fully to swimming he chose to go to college and finish his education. He returned to the pool in 1982 and began competed in class S3 events up until he retired due to ill health just before the 2008 Paralympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Harris (swimmer)
Garth Harris is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Canada at the 1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ... held in Atlanta, United States and he won the bronze medal in the men's 50 metres breaststroke SB3 event. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic swimmers for Canada S4-classified para swimmers {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Petersson
John Petersson (born 22 January 1970, Copenhagen, Denmark) is president of the European Paralympic Committee and a former swimmer from Denmark. He is also one of the 12 members of the International Paralympic Committee and he has been a member of the Danish Handicap-Federal Board of Directors since 2000. Petersson is an accountant who studied at Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School (Danish'': Handelshøjskolen i København'') often abbreviated and referred to as CBS (also in Danish), is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is considered one of the most prestigious business schoo .... Paralympics career John Petersson participated for the first time at the Paralympic Games in 1984 and ended his career at the Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000. It was during the games in 1988, that he by a journalist got nicknamed 'Piskeriset', which has kept by his side. John Petersson won a total of fifteen Paralympic medals in his career. * 5 Paralympic G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Fritsche
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term '' mashiach'' (מָשִׁיחַ) (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a meaning of 'of Christ' or 'related or pertaining to Christ'. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
