Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
competed 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 ...
in
Athens
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,
Greece
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. The team included 5 athletes, 3 men and 2 women, but won no medals.
Sports
Powerlifting
Men
Women
See also
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Syria at the Paralympics
Syria made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, with two athletes: Ahmad Manfi in table tennis, and Ali Ismail in swimming. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, ...
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Syria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Syria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.
Medalists
Athletics
Syrian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each ...
References
Nations at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
Summer Paralympics
The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...
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