Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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competed at the inaugural
Winter Paralympic Games in 1976 in
Örnsköldsvik
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,
Sweden
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Background
Uganda was the only
Africa
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n country to take part in the 1976 Games, and thus the first African country ever to compete at the Winter Paralympics.
Uganda was also the only country to compete at the 1976 Winter Paralympics but not at the
1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...
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Team
Uganda entered only one athlete,
Tofiri Kibuuka, who competed in
cross-country skiing
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. He did not win any medals. Kibuuka would later change nationalities, and go on to represent Norway at the Summer Paralympics at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Games.
Cross-country skiing
Uganda's sole representative,
Tofiri Kibuuka, competed in two events.
* In the
Men's short distance 10 km (category A), he finished 16th (out of 28), with a time of 58:24.
* In the
Men's middle distance 15 km (category A), he finished 10th (out of 25), with a time of 1:16:32.
Uganda at the 1976 Winter Paralympics
International Paralympic Committee
References
External links
International Paralympic Committee official website
Nations at the 1976 Winter Paralympics
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
Paralympics
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