Pieter Gruijters
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| Full name | Pieter Gruijters | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
July 27, 1967 Helmond | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals |
2004 Athens 2008 Beijing | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pieter Gruijters (born 24 July 1967, Helmond) is a Paralympic athlete from Netherlands competing F56 seated throws and P56 pentathlon events.
He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a silver medal in the men's Pentathlon - P54-58 event, a silver medal in the men's Javelin throw - F55-56 event and finished eleventh in the men's Shot putt - F56 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's Javelin throw - F55-56 event and finished seventh in the men's Shot put - F55-56 event
He is world record holder in javelin for F56 classified athletes.[1]
References
External links
- Pieter Gruijters's profile on paralympic.org
- official website
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Preceded by Esther Vergeer |
Dutch Disabled Sportsman / woman of the Year 2006 |
Succeeded by Annette Roozen / Marion Nijhof |