Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

made its Paralympic Games début at the

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, and has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then - albeit with delegations consisting in no more than three athletes. Kyrgyzstan made its début at the Winter Paralympics in 2014 in Sochi. Kyrgyz athletes have only ever competed in

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. All have been men, and none has ever won a Paralympic medal. The closest any has come to doing so was

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's sixth place in the Up To 52 kg event at the 2004 Games, with a lift of 135 kg.Kyrgyzstan at the Paralympics
International Paralympic Committee

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