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Swimming At The 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 Metre Freestyle S9
The men's 100m freestyle S9 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center The Water Cube (水立方), fully a.k.a. the National Aquatics Centre (), is a swimming center at the Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The Water Cube was originally constructed to host the aquatics competitions at ... on 8 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final. Results Heats Competed from 10:58. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Final Competed at 20:22. Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle S9 Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics ...
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Beijing National Aquatics Center
The Water Cube (水立方), fully a.k.a. the National Aquatics Centre (), is a swimming center at the Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The Water Cube was originally constructed to host the aquatics competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics, Paralympics. During the 2008 Olympics—where it hosted diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics, diving, swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics, swimming and synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics, synchronized swimming events—25 world records were broken in this facility. In July 2010, a renovation of the facility was completed, which included the addition of a public water park. After renovation and adaptive configuration, the Water Cube also hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Paralympics, Paralympics. Architecture In July 2003 the Water Cube design was chosen from 10 proposals in an international architectural design competition, architectural competition for the ...
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Matthew Cowdrey
Matthew John Cowdrey (born 22 December 1988) is an Australian politician and Paralympic swimmer. He presently holds numerous world records. He has a congenital amputation of his left arm; it stops just below the elbow. Cowdrey competed at the 2004 Paralympic Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2008 Paralympic Games, 2010 Commonwealth Games, and the 2012 Paralympic Games. After the 2012 London Games, he is the most successful Australian Paralympian, having won thirteen Paralympic gold medals and twenty three Paralympic medals in total. On 10 February 2015, Cowdrey announced his retirement from swimming. Cowdrey contested and won the seat of Electoral district of Colton, Colton at the 2018 South Australian state election, 2018 state election in South Australia for the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), Liberal Party. Personal Cowdrey was born on 22 December 1988 with part of his arm missing due to a congenital amputation. He attended Endeavour College and played ...
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Guo Zhi (swimmer)
Guo Zhi (; 1925 – 11 March 2023) was a Chinese politician. Biography He was born in Gaocheng County, Hebei (now Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang). He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1941. He was People's Congress Chairman of his home province. He was a delegate to the 5th National People's Congress (1978–1983), 6th National People's Congress (1983–1988), 7th National People's Congress (1988–1993) and 8th National People's Congress The 8th National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1993 to 1998. It succeeded the 7th National People's Congress. It held five sessions in this period. Seat distribution The first session Elected state leaders In the 1st Session in ... (1993–1998). Gun died on 11 March 2023, at the age of 98.八路军老战士、河北省人大常� ...
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Tamás Sors
Tamás Sors (born 27 May 1991) is a Hungarian Paralympic swimmer. He has won two gold medals in the 100m butterfly event at the Paralympic Games, the first at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the second at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sors, Tamas Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Hungary Paralympic silver medalists for Hungary Paralympic bronze medalists for Hungary Living people 1991 births Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics S9-classified para swimmers Sportspeople from Pécs Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimm ...
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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 first time the new Paralympic symbols, Paralympic logo featured in the Summer Paralympics since its rebranding after the 2004 Summer Paralympics. 3,951 athletes from 146 countries took part,"Beijing 2008"
International Paralympic Committee
the largest number of nations ever (ten more than the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Games in Athens). Five countries 2008 Summer Paralympics#Participating NPCs, competed for the first time. As host country, China fielded more Sportsperson, athletes than any other country. The slogan for the 2008 Paralympics was the same as the 2008 Summer Olympi ...
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Xiong Xiaoming
Xiong may refer to: Name * Xiong (surname) (熊), a Chinese surname Location * Xiong County, in Hebei, China Language * The pinyin romanization of several Chinese characters, including 兄 (elder brother), 胸 (chest), 雄 (heroic) and 熊 (bear) * The Xong language and the Miao people who speak it Group * Xong, or Limbu people * A subdivision of the Mongol armies: see Huns The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was par ...
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Wang Renjie
Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thailand * Wang Township, Minnesota, a township in the United States * Wang, Bavaria, a town in the district of Freising, Bavaria, Germany * Wang, Austria, a town in the district of Scheibbs in Lower Austria * An abbreviation for the town of Wangaratta, Australia * Wang Theatre, in Boston, Massachusetts * Charles B. Wang Center, an Asian American center at Stony Brook University Broadcasting * WWNG, a radio station (1330 AM) licensed to serve Havelock, North Carolina, United States, which held the call sign WANG from 1999 to 2017 * WBKZ, a radio station licensed to Havelock, North Carolina formerly known as WANG-FM * WANG, a radio station using the call sign since 2018 Other * Wang (Tibetan Buddhism), a form of empowerment or initiation * W ...
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