South Africa at the Paralympics
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South Africa at the Paralympics
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South Africa has competed at both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. The country made its Paralympic début at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan, where it sent nine athletes to compete in archery, athletics, swimming and weightlifting. They finished sixth on the medal table with nineteen medals, of which eight gold. Paradoxically, South Africa thus began to compete at the Paralympics just after being barred from competing at the Olympics. South Africa had been banned from the Olympic Gam
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Sporting event delegation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_Paralympics
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2010-02-22T13:02:21Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T11:01:22Z
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