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Theo Duyvestijn
Theo Duyvestijn (born ) is a Paralympian athlete from the Netherlands competing mainly in category TW2 track events. Duyvestijn competed in two Paralympics firstly in 1988 where he competed as a 1C athlete in all the track races from 100m to 1500m winning a bronze medal in the 100m. His second games came in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ... in 1992 where he won the 1500m TW2 gold medal and the 400m TW2 silver medal as well as competing in the 200m and marathon. References External links * Living people Paralympic athletes for the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic silver medalists fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track And Field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. The foot racing events, which include sprints, middle- and long-distance events, racewalking, and hurdling, are won by the athlete who completes it in the least time. The jumping and throwing events are won by those who achieve the greatest distance or height. Regular jumping events include long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault, while the most common throwing events are shot put, javelin, discus, and hammer. There are also "combined events" or "multi events", such as the pentathlon consisting of five events, heptathlon consisting of seven events, and decathlon consisting of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
