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Ramunė Adomaitienė
Ramunė Adomaitienė (born 5 November 1968) is an athlete set to compete for Lithuania at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. In her youth she considered competing in heptathlon at the Olympics but did not make the, then, Soviet team and in time became a physical education teacher. She became disabled due to a vehicular accident that killed her husband. She competed in the 2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ... and 2016 Paralympics. References External links * Ramunė Adomaitienėat the ''Lietuvos paralimpinis komitetas'' 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Klaipėda Soviet heptathletes Lithuanian heptathletes Lithuanian female discus throwers Lithuanian female javelin throwers Lithuanian female long jumpers Lithuanian female shot putters P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Athletics
Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practiced by people with a disability as a disabled sports, parasport. The list of athletics events, athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair racing and the club throw, which are specific to the division. Certain able-bodied events are rarely contested as para-athletic events outside deaf sport; pole vault, triple jump, hammer (of which the club throw is sometimes considered the para-athletic equivalent) and the three hurdling events. The sport is known by various names, including disability athletics, disabled track and field and Paralympic athletics. Top-level competitors may be called elite athletes with disability. Governance Competitors are typically organised into three broad categories: deaf sports, athletes with a physical disability, and athletes with an intellectual disability. Deaf athletes typically compete among themselves at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
