Papua New Guinea at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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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 ...
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. The country's representatives were Kupuni Lewa in weightlifting, Ben Thoedore (who is visually impaired) in the men's javelin, and Dona Ou (also visually impaired) in the men's 1500m race in athletics."Spotlight on Papua New Guinea"
''The Paralympian'', 2001 Lewa lifted 125 kg in the men's 56 kg division.


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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 ...
* Papua New Guinea at the Paralympics * Papua New Guinea at the 2000 Summer Olympics


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International Paralympic Committee


References

Nations at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...
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