Jean-Pierre Antonios (born 30 January 1965 in Kuwait) is a Finnish- Kuwaiti

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who competes at international archery competitions. He is a World champion and double European champion in the compound bow. Antonios was a

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for the

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until the late 1980s then emigrated to Finland as an asylum seeker in 1990. He visited his home nation of Lebanon in 1997, on his way to the country, he contracted

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which resulted in his central nervous system get destroyed and was diagnosed with Gullain Barré syndrome. He returned to Finland and was put on a ventilator for three months, he spent a total of thirteen months in the hospital and he used a wheelchair since then. In 2000, he was granted Finnish citizenship and also took up archery then competed internationally in 2002. He has competed at four

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, his highest achievement was in his debut Games at 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 ...

and

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where he reached the quarterfinals in the individual compound.

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