The
Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian territories are the two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been militarily occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967, namely: the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. The I ...
competed as
Palestine
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Palestine may refer to:
* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
* Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia
* Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...
at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
in
London
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,
United Kingdom
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, from August 29 to September 9.
The country was represented by two athletes, both in field events in athletics.
Khamis Zaqout, a wheelchair athlete, competed in the discus, javelin and shot put. He had been described as Palestine's "best hope for a Paralympic medal in London".
Mohammed Fannouna
Mohammed Fannouna (born 3 April 1980) is a paralympic athlete from Palestine competing mainly in category T13 events.
After competing in the 2004 Summer Paralympics where he won a bronze in the long jump as well as competing in the javel ...
, who is partially sighted, competed in the long jump; he won a bronze medal in the 2004 Paralympics in Athens.
"Gaza Paralympians confident of success at London Paralympics"
''Haaretz'', 16 August 2012
Athletics
;Men's Track and Road Events
;Men's Field Events
See also
* Summer Paralympic disability classification
*Palestine at the Paralympics
The State of Palestine compete as Palestine at the Paralympic Games. Their first participation came at the Sydney Paralympics in 2000, where Husam Azzam won bronze in the shot put event. Palestinian athletes have won three Paralympic medals to dat ...
*Palestine at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Palestine competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Games.
Five Palestinian athletes were selected to the team, competing only in athletic ...
Notes
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Nations at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
2012
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