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
2000 Summer Paralympics
The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...
in
Sydney. Its sole representative,
Aina Onja
Aina may refer to:
* Aina (given name)
Places
* Aina (Crete), a town of ancient Crete
* Aïna River, a river in Cameroon and Gabon
* Aina, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran
Art and entertainment
* ''Aina'' (1977 film), a 1977 Pakist ...
, was a blind sprinter who ran the men's 100m sprint in the T11 category. His time of 13.98 was the slowest in the heats, and he did not advance to the semi-finals.
The country was absent from the
2004 Games, but returned to the Paralympics in
2008
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, represented by a single male swimmer.
Josefa Harijaona Randrianony swam in the 50m freestyle (S9 category), and finished last of his heat in 38.06s.
Madagascar has never competed at the
Winter Paralympics.
Madagascar at the Paralympics
International Paralympic Committee
Full results for Madagascar at the Paralympics
See also
* Madagascar at the Olympics
Madagascar first entered the Olympic Games in 1964 and has sent athletes to every games apart from 1976 and 1988. The largest group the country ever sent to an Olympic games was 10 in 2000. They have never won a medal. Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa r ...
References
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