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Zambia At The Paralympics
Zambia made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with a single athlete ( Lango Sinkamba) competing in men's track and field. In 2000, Zambia had two representatives, once more in track and field. The country was absent from the 2004 Games, but sent one representative in 2008. Zambian athletes have only ever competed in track and field, and have never won a Paralympic medal. Zambia has never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Committee Full results for Zambia at the Paralympics Medals by Summer Games See also * |
National Paralympic Committee Of Zambia
The National Paralympic Committee of Zambia (NPCZ) is a member of the International Paralympic Committee. It was set up in 2005, replacing the Zambia Sports Federation of the Disabled. Funded by the government, it aims to ensure the training of coaches for athletes with disabilities, to facilitate the forming of sports clubs, to organize disability games, to spot and train young athletes, and to enhance the latter's confidence. Its first (and so far only) president is former wheelchair marathon athlete and Paralympian Lango Sinkamba. Zambia is formally known as the Republic of Zambia and is located in south-central Africa. Zambia made its Paralympic Games debut in 1996 at the Summer Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Only one athlete participated from Zambia, Lango Sinkamba, who competed in men's track and field. Sinkamba did not earn a medal. In 2000, Zambia sent two representatives who competed in track and field to the Summer Paralympic Games but did not earn any medals. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The nation's population of around 19.5 million is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following the arrival of European exploration of Africa, European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |