Guinea-Bissau at the Paralympics
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Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...
made its
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début at the
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in
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, sending two T46 classified athletes to compete in track events.Guinea-Bissau at the Paralympics
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Guinea-Bissau has never taken part in the
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, and no Bissau-Guinean athlete has ever won a Paralympic medal.


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Guinea-Bissau at the Olympics Guinea-Bissau has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1996, although the country has never won an Olympic medal. No athletes from Guinea-Bissau have competed in any Winter Olympic Games. The National Olympic Committee was cr ...


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