South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
sent a team to compete at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was f ...
in
Beijing
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China and finished 6th on the medal table.
Natalie du Toit
Natalie du Toit OIG MBE (; born 29 January 1984) is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 S ...
, five time gold medallist at the
Athens Paralympics in 2004, competed in six swimming events. She also
represented South Africa at the
Beijing Olympics.
Other members of the swim team included Charl Bouwer, Kevin Paul, Tadgh Slattery, Achmat Hassiem, Shireen Sapiro, Emily Gray, Sarah Shannon, Adri Visser and Beth Nothling. South Africa also sent a swimming official, Sharief Gamiet, to the games.
Oscar Pistorius represented South Africa in athletics.
South African representatives also competed in
wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (of ...
.
Medalists
The following South African athletes won medals at the games:
Sports
Athletics
Men's track
Men's field
Women's track
Women's field
Cycling
Men's road
Women's road
Men's track
Women's track
Equestrian
Individual events
Team
* Indicated the three best individual scores that count towards the team total.
Powerlifting
Women
Rowing
Swimming
Men
Women
Table Tennis
Men
Women
Wheelchair Basketball
Players
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Justin Govender
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Marcus Retief
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David Curle
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Grant Waites
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Jeremiah Nel
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Marius Papenfus
*
Nick Taylor
*
Ralph Taylor
*
Richard Nortje
*
Shaun Hartnick
*
Siphamandla Gumbi
*
Thandile Zonke
*
William Reichart
Tournament
Group A Matches
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Classification 9-12
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Ninth place
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Wheelchair Tennis
Men
Women
See also
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South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics
South Africa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team included 136 athletes, as of 10 July 2008.
South Africa had its worst medals performance at an Olympics since 1994 (winter games), and tied its pe ...
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South Africa at the Paralympics
References
External links
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official SiteInternational Paralympic Committee
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Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008
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Paralympics