Lloyd Upsdell is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

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from

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competing mainly in category T35 sprint events. Lloyd competed successfully at the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

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taking gold in both the T35 100m and 200m before combining with his British teammates to win a silver medal in the T38 Relay. Four years later were not quite as successful attempting to defend his two gold medals he ended up only winning a bronze in the 200m.

External links

profile on paralympic.org
Paralympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain British male sprinters Living people Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) {{UK-Paralympic-medalist-stub