Riaan Liebenberg is a

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competing mainly in category T13 sprints events. Riian competed in the 100m, 200m and 400m in the T13 class 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 ...

winning a silver medal in the 400m.profile on paralympic.org
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