Madagascar at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
made its Paralympic Games début at the
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in Sydney. They were represented by vision impaired runner Aina Onja, who finished third in his men's T11 100m heat and failed to qualify for the next round.


Team

Madagascar competed in its first Paralympic Games in Sydney. It sent a single athlete, blind runner Aina Onja, to compete in
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The country then missed the 2004 Games in Athens.


Results

Agboessi ran in the first heat of his event, against Julio Requena of Spain and Edouard Agboessi of Benin, with Cuba's Jorge Jay Masso being a non-starter. Onja's time of 13.98 was the slowest of all the heats, ending his participation in the Games.


See also

* Madagascar at the Paralympics *
Madagascar at the 2000 Summer Olympics Madagascar competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Athletics ;Men ;Track and road events ;Women ;Track and road events Boxing ;Men Judo ;Women Swimming ;Men ;Women See also * Madagascar at the 2000 Sum ...


References


External links


International Paralympic Committee
Nations at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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