Zambia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Zambia at the Paralympic Games

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IPC code  ZAM
NPC National Paralympic Committee of Zambia
At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta
Competitors 1 in 1 sport
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Zambia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. The country's delegation consisted in a single competitor, wheelchair athlete Lango Sinkamba.[1]

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Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Sinkamba had been due to compete in three events, but ultimately withdrew from two of them and focused all his efforts on the marathon. He completed it, but finished 56th and last, over half an hour behind Ecuador's Angel Quevedo in 55th - and more than an hour and a half behind Franz Nietlispach of Switzerland, who took gold and set a Paralympic record with a time of 1:29:44.[2]

Name Sport Event Score Rank
Lango Sinkamba Athletics Men's 1,500m T52-53 scheduled to run in heat 2,
but did not start		 DNS
Lango Sinkamba Athletics Men's 800m T53 scheduled to run in heat 1,
but did not start		 DNS
Lango Sinkamba Athletics Men's Marathon T52-53 3:09:17 56th (last of those
who completed the race)

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References

  1. ^ Zambia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ^ Zambia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee