Great Britain (the name which the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
competes under at Olympic and Paralympic level) sent a delegation of 166 athletes to the
2004 Summer Paralympics
)
, 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 = Olympic ...
, covering 15 sports. The ParalympicsGB team entered the opening ceremony behind the
Union Flag carried by
Noel Thatcher
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.
Medallists
The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.
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Medals by sport
Medals by date
Medals by gender
Multiple medallists
The following competitors won multiple medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games.
Competitors and results by event
Archery
Men
Women
Legend:
Athletics
Men—Track
Men-field
Women—Track
Women-field
*Jenny Ridley - withdrew after being reclassified from T52 to T53
Boccia
Cycling
Road cycling
Track cycling
;Key:
*
AT = actual time
*
FT = factor time
*
OVL = Win by overtaking
*
Q = Qualified for next round
*
ql = Qualified for lower round
*
WR = World record
Equestrian
Individual events
Team
Reserves
*
Ricky Balshaw
Ricky Balshaw, (born 10 November 1986) is a British para equestrian rider who represented Britain in the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, winning the silver medal with Deacons Georgi (now semi-retired). He also holds two world-championships and one Eu ...
(grade II)
Judo
Powerlifting
Sailing
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Shooting
Swimming
Men
Women
Table tennis
Men
Women
Wheelchair basketball
Men
The men's team won a bronze medal.
Players
*
Ade Adepitan
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*
Andy Blake
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Biography
Lee had a difficult childhood, dropping out of school t ...
*
Matt Byrne
*
Terry Bywater
Terrance Bywater (born 28 February 1983) is a British wheelchair basketball player. He participated in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where his team came in fourth place; in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where he won a bronze medal and was the highe ...
*
Pete Finbow
*
Kevin Hayes
*
Fred Howley
*
Stuart Jellows
*
Simon Munn
*
Jon Pollock
*
Colin Price
*
Sinclair Thomas
Results
Women
The women's team didn't win any medals: they were 8th out of 8.
Players
*
Sarah Burrett
*
Jenny Dalgleish
*
Jill Fox
*
Sonia Howe
*
Caroline MacLean
*
Caroline Matthews
*
Kristina Small
*
Wendy Smith
*
Clare Strange
*
Helen Turner
*
Sally Wager
*
Ann Wild
Results
Wheelchair fencing
Wheelchair rugby
The rugby team didn't win any medals: they reached the bronze medal match but were lost to
United States
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.
Players
*
Alan Ash
*
Andy Barrow
*
Jonny Coggan
*
Troye Collins
*
Justin Frishberg
Justin Leo Thomas Frishberg (born 17 March 1972) is a male former Great Britain, British wheelchair rugby player.
Personal life
Frishberg was educated at Abingdon School from 1985 until 1990 where he was a keen rugby and tennis player. He then ...
*
Ross Morrison
*
Bob O'Shea
Bob O'Shea (born 3 July 1960) is a British former wheelchair rugby captain of the Great Britain national wheelchair rugby team.
He was the captain of the team that came in 6th place at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He was also on the team for the ...
*
Steve Palmer
*
Jason Roberts
*
Paul Shaw
*
Tony Stackhouse
*
Rob Tarr
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Results
Wheelchair tennis
''See also
Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
Men
Women
Quads
Media coverage
As with the
2004 Summer Olympics
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, the
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aired coverage from the games, live on the
bbc.co.uk
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website via streaming
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s for UK
broadband
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users, and nightly in a 90-minute highlights programme on
BBC Two
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, presented by
Clare Balding
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.
See also
*
Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. The British sent a wide-rangi ...
References
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Nations at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Paralympics
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2004
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