Hilton Langenhoven (born 21 June 1983) is a South African

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

and three time

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Champion, competing mainly in category F12 (visual impairment) long jump events. He was born in

Somerset West Somerset West ( af, Somerset-Wes) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality as a suburb of the Helderberg region (formerly called Hottent ...

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. He competed in 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 ...

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

, Greece. There he won a silver medal in the men's Long jump – F12 event, finished eighth in the men's 100 metres – T12 event, finished eighth in the men's 200 metres – T12 event and finished fifth in the men's Javelin throw – F12 event. At the

2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held i ...

, he won a silver medal in the 100 metres T12 event. He also competed at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, China, a gold medal in the men's 200 metres – T12 event, a gold medal in the men's Long jump – F12 event and a gold medal in the men's Pentathlon – P12 event

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* 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Somerset West Paralympic athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Paralympic gold medalists for South Africa Paralympic silver medalists for South Africa South African male long jumpers Visually impaired sprinters Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athlone, Cape Town 20th-century South African people 21st-century South African people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-Paralympic-medalist-stub