Stephanus Lombaard is a

paralympic 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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competing mainly in category F57 throwing events. Stephanus was part of the South African team that travelled to the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ...

where he competed in all three throws in the F57 class winning gold in the shot put and javelin and silver in the discus. profile on paralympic.org
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