Freeman Register is a

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competing mainly in category C6 sprint events. Freeman competed in three Paralympics, at his first in

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he won a gold in the 4 × 100 m and 100m where he equalled the world record and also won bronze in the 200m. 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 ...

he won a gold in the 200m, silver in the 4 × 100 m behind a new world record set by the Hong Kong quartet and bronze in the 100m. His third and final games were in

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where he finished eighth in the final of the 100m, his only event at these games.

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