Ghana
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made its
Paralympic Games début at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
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, nations = 136
, athletes = 3,806
, events = 519 in 19 sports
, opening = 17 September
, closing = 28 September
, opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos
, cauldron = Georgios Toptsis
, stadium = Olympi ...
in
Athens
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, sending three representatives to compete in two sports.
Nkegbe Botsyo, in athletics, took part in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m, in the T54 category.
Ajara Mohammed entered the women's 800m and the marathon, also in the T54 category.
Alfred Adjetey Sowah competed in powerlifting, in the men's up to 52 kg.
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International Paralympic Committee
Botsyo and Mohammed returned to compete again in the
2008 Summer Paralympics
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in
Beijing
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, the former in the men's 100m and 200m (T54), and the latter in the women's 200m and 1,500m (T54).
No Ghanaian has ever won a medal at the Paralympic Games,
Ghana took part in the
2012 Summer Paralympics
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, and the
National Paralympic Committee of Ghana
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as the UK training base for its Paralympians.
Medals
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by Winter Games
See also
*
Ghana at the Olympics
References
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