Difference between revisions of "ParalympicsGB"
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| Ben Procter || Swimming || || [[Cubert]] || [[Cornwall]] || [[Newquay]] || [[Cornwall]] | | Ben Procter || Swimming || || [[Cubert]] || [[Cornwall]] || [[Newquay]] || [[Cornwall]] | ||
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− | | Jonathan Fox || Swimming || || [[St Stephen, Cornwall]] || [[Cornwall]] || [[Manchester]] || [[Lancashire]] | + | | Jonathan Fox || Swimming || || [[St Stephen, Cornwall|St Stephen]] || [[Cornwall]] || [[Manchester]] || [[Lancashire]] |
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| David Wetherill || Table Tennis || || [[Torpoint]] || [[Cornwall]] || [[Sheffield]] || [[Yorkshire]] | | David Wetherill || Table Tennis || || [[Torpoint]] || [[Cornwall]] || [[Sheffield]] || [[Yorkshire]] | ||
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| Rhiannon Henry || Swimming || || [[Bridgend, Glamorgan|Bridgend]] || [[Glamorgan]] || [[Manchester]] || [[Lancashire]] | | Rhiannon Henry || Swimming || || [[Bridgend, Glamorgan|Bridgend]] || [[Glamorgan]] || [[Manchester]] || [[Lancashire]] | ||
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− | | Rhys Jones || Athletics || || [[Church Village, Glamorgan]] || [[Glamorgan]] || [[Tonypandy]] || [[Glamorgan]] | + | | Rhys Jones || Athletics || || [[Church Village, Glamorgan|Church Village]] || [[Glamorgan]] || [[Tonypandy]] || [[Glamorgan]] |
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| Samantha Bowen || Sitting Volleyball || || [[Aberdare]] || [[Glamorgan]] || [[Mountain Ash]] || [[Glamorgan]] | | Samantha Bowen || Sitting Volleyball || || [[Aberdare]] || [[Glamorgan]] || [[Mountain Ash]] || [[Glamorgan]] | ||
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| Richard Hennahane || Archery || || [[Chatham]] || [[Kent]] || [[Ellesmere Port]] || [[Cheshire]] | | Richard Hennahane || Archery || || [[Chatham]] || [[Kent]] || [[Ellesmere Port]] || [[Cheshire]] | ||
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− | | Ross Wilson || Table Tennis || || [[Minster-at-Hoo|Minster | + | | Ross Wilson || Table Tennis || || [[Minster-at-Hoo|Minster]] || [[Kent]] || [[Isle of Sheppey]] || [[Kent]] |
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| Shaun McKeown || Cycling || || [[Lewisham]] || [[Kent]] || [[Lee, Kent|Lee]] || [[Kent]] | | Shaun McKeown || Cycling || || [[Lewisham]] || [[Kent]] || [[Lee, Kent|Lee]] || [[Kent]] | ||
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| Dan Powell || Judo || || [[Liverpool]] || [[Lancashire]] || [[Dartford]] || [[Kent]] | | Dan Powell || Judo || || [[Liverpool]] || [[Lancashire]] || [[Dartford]] || [[Kent]] | ||
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− | | Dave Clarke || Football 5-a-side || || [[Hindley, | + | | Dave Clarke || Football 5-a-side || || [[Hindley, Lancashire|Hindley]] || [[Lancashire]] || [[Harpenden]] || [[Hertfordshire]] |
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| David Devine || Athletics || || [[Liverpool]] || [[Lancashire]] || [[Liverpool]] || [[Lancashire]] | | David Devine || Athletics || || [[Liverpool]] || [[Lancashire]] || [[Liverpool]] || [[Lancashire]] | ||
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| Marc McCarroll || Wheelchair Tennis || || [[Harrow]] || [[Middlesex]] || [[Ickenham]] || [[Middlesex]] | | Marc McCarroll || Wheelchair Tennis || || [[Harrow]] || [[Middlesex]] || [[Ickenham]] || [[Middlesex]] | ||
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− | | Martine Wright || Sitting Volleyball || || [[London]] || [[Middlesex]] || [[Tring]] || [[ | + | | Martine Wright || Sitting Volleyball || || [[London]] || [[Middlesex]] || [[Tring]] || [[Hertfordshire]] |
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| Naomi Riches || Rowing || || [[Hammersmith]] || [[Middlesex]] || [[Harrow]] || [[Middlesex]] | | Naomi Riches || Rowing || || [[Hammersmith]] || [[Middlesex]] || [[Harrow]] || [[Middlesex]] | ||
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| James Richmond || Football 7-a-side || || [[Stirling]] || [[Stirlingshire]] || [[Tullibody]] || [[Clackmannanshire]] | | James Richmond || Football 7-a-side || || [[Stirling]] || [[Stirlingshire]] || [[Tullibody]] || [[Clackmannanshire]] | ||
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− | | Caroline Maclean || Wheelchair Basketball || || [[ | + | | Caroline Maclean || Wheelchair Basketball || || [[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]] || [[Suffolk]] || [[Haverhill]] || [[Suffolk]] |
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| Jonathan Adams || Athletics || || [[Bury St Edmunds]] || [[Suffolk]] || [[Sudbury]] || [[Suffolk]] | | Jonathan Adams || Athletics || || [[Bury St Edmunds]] || [[Suffolk]] || [[Sudbury]] || [[Suffolk]] | ||
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| Zoë Newson || Powerlifting || || [[Ipswich]] || [[Suffolk]] || [[Colchester]] || [[Essex]] | | Zoë Newson || Powerlifting || || [[Ipswich]] || [[Suffolk]] || [[Colchester]] || [[Essex]] | ||
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− | | Matthew Ellis || Football 7-a-side || || [[Bury St Edmunds]] || [[ | + | | Matthew Ellis || Football 7-a-side || || [[Bury St Edmunds]] || [[Suffolk]] || Miami, USA || ° |
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| Benjamin Jesson || Shooting || || [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]] || [[Surrey]] || [[Crawley]] || [[Sussex]] | | Benjamin Jesson || Shooting || || [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]] || [[Surrey]] || [[Crawley]] || [[Sussex]] | ||
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| Billy Thompson || Football 7-a-side || || [[Wandsworth]] || [[Surrey]] || [[Croydon]] || [[Surrey]] | | Billy Thompson || Football 7-a-side || || [[Wandsworth]] || [[Surrey]] || [[Croydon]] || [[Surrey]] | ||
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− | | David Weir MBE || Athletics || || [[Sutton, Surrey|Sutton]] || [[Surrey]] || [[Wallington]] || [[Surrey]] | + | | David Weir MBE || Athletics || || [[Sutton, Surrey|Sutton]] || [[Surrey]] || [[Wallington, Surrey|Wallington]] || [[Surrey]] |
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| Hannah Russell || Swimming || || [[Chertsey]] || [[Surrey]] || [[Chertsey]] || [[Surrey]] | | Hannah Russell || Swimming || || [[Chertsey]] || [[Surrey]] || [[Chertsey]] || [[Surrey]] | ||
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| Ade Orogbemi || Wheelchair Basketball || || Lagos, Nigeria || ° || [[Liverpool]] || [[Lancashire]] | | Ade Orogbemi || Wheelchair Basketball || || Lagos, Nigeria || ° || [[Liverpool]] || [[Lancashire]] | ||
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− | | Alexandra Rickham || Sailing || || Kingston, Jamaica || ° || [[ | + | | Alexandra Rickham || Sailing || || Kingston, Jamaica || ° || [[Epsom]] || [[Surrey]] |
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| Ali Jawad || Powerlifting || || Beiruit, Lebanon || ° || [[London]] || [[Middlesex]] | | Ali Jawad || Powerlifting || || Beiruit, Lebanon || ° || [[London]] || [[Middlesex]] |
Revision as of 08:39, 11 September 2012
The British Paralympic Association is the national Paralympic Committee responsible for the United Kingdom's participation in the Paralympic Games. The organisation is separate from that of the British Olympic Association, for although the Olympic and Paralympic Games have operated in parallel for the last twenty years or so, they are separate. The team fielded by the Association is known as ParalympicsGB.
Although athletes may compete from the whole of the United Kingdom, the name ParalympicsGB has been adopted, as an echo of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team in the Olympic Games, which is known as "Team GB".
The team at the 2012 Paralympic Games
The 2012 Paralympic Games where hosted by London from 27 August to 9 September 2012, a few weeks after the Summer Olympic Games (27 July to 12 August 2012).
The Team
The Paralympians competing in 2012 for ParalympicsGB were:
See also
Outside links
References
- ↑ also Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire