Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...
made its
Paralympic Games
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début at 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 ...
in
Atlanta
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,
United States
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. The country's delegation consisted in a single competitor, wheelchair athlete
.
Athletics
Sinkamba had been due to compete in three events, but ultimately withdrew from two of them and focused all his efforts on the marathon. He completed it, but finished 56th and last, over half an hour behind
Ecuador
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's
Angel Quevedo
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in 55th - and more than an hour and a half behind
Franz Nietlispach
Franz Nietlispach (born 2 April 1958) is a Swiss wheelchair athlete, handcyclist, and a politician.
He has competed in every Summer Paralympic Games from 1976 to 2008, winning an incredible total of fourteen gold, six silver, and two bronze m ...
of
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, who took gold and set a Paralympic record with a time of 1:29:44.
Zambia at the Paralympics
International Paralympic Committee
See also
*Zambia at the Paralympics
Zambia made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with a single athlete ( Lango Sinkamba) competing in men's track and field. In 2000, Zambia had two representatives, once more in track and field. The country was a ...
* Zambia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
References
External links
International Paralympic Committee
Nations at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
2008
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Paralympics
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 impaired ...
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