Tomasz Blatiewicz is a

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from

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competing mainly in category F37 throws events. Tomasz won two golds in 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 ...

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in the F37 discus and the F37 shot put. On returning four years later in

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he could not manage to defend his titles only manage a silver in the F37/38 shot put and was outside the medals in the F37/38 discus

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