South Africa at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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South Africa at the Paralympic Games

Flag of South Africa
IPC code  RSA
NPC South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 6		 Gold
21		 Silver
3		 Bronze
6		 Total
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Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

South Africa sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.[1]

Natalie du Toit, five time gold medallist at the Athens Paralympics in 2004, competed in six swimming events.[2] She also represented South Africa at the Beijing Olympics.[3][4][5] Other members of the swim team included Charl Bouwer, Kevin Paul, Tadgh Slattery, Achmat Hassiem, Shireen Sapiro, Emily Gray, Sarah Shannon, Adri Visser and Beth Nothling. South Africa also sent a swimming official, Sharief Gamiet, to the games.[6]

Oscar Pistorius represented South Africa in athletics.[7]

South African representatives also competed in wheelchair basketball.[8]

Medalists

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Further information: 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2008 Summer Paralympics medal winners

The following South African athletes won medals at the games:[9]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle - S9
 Gold Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle - S9
 Gold Oscar Pistorius Athletics Men's 400 m - T44
 Gold Ernst van Dyk Cycling Men's individual road race HC C
 Gold Shireen Sapiro Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke - S9
 Gold Hilton Langenhoven Athletics Men's long jump - F12
 Gold Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly - S9
 Gold Fanie Lombard Athletics Men's discus throw - F42
 Gold Charl Bouwer Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle - S13
 Gold Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley - SM9
 Gold Hilton Langenhoven Athletics Men's pentathlon - P12
 Gold Philippa Johnson Equestrian Individual championship test - grade IV
 Gold Philippa Johnson Equestrian Individual freestyle test - grade IV
 Gold Kevin Paul Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke - S9
 Gold Fanie van der Merwe Athletics Men's 100 m - T37
 Gold Oscar Pistorius Athletics Men's 100 m - T44
 Gold Hilton Langenhoven Athletics Men's 200 m - T12
 Gold Fanie van der Merwe Athletics Men's 200 m - T37
 Gold Oscar Pistorius Athletics Men's 200 m - T44
 Gold Natalie du Toit Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle - S9
 Gold Ilse Hayes Athletics Women's long jump - F13
 Silver David Roos Athletics Men's long jump - F46
 Silver Riaan Nel Cycling Mixed Individual Road race CP 1/CP 2
 Silver Ilse Hayes Athletics Women's 100 m - T13
 Bronze Ernst van Dyk Athletics Men's marathon - T54
 Bronze Gavin Kilpatrick
Michael Thomson		 Cycling Men's sprint (B&VI 1-3)
 Bronze Fanie Lombard Athletics Men's shot put - F42
 Bronze Nicholas Newman Athletics Men's javelin throw - F35/36
 Bronze Tadhg Slattery Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke - S5
 Bronze Teboho Mokgalagadi Athletics Men's 100 m - T35

Athletics

  • Sarisa Marais (100 m, 200 m)
  • Zanele Situ (shot put, discus, javelin)
  • Chanelle van Zyl (discus, javelin, shot put)
  • Ilse Hayes (long jump, 100 m, 200 m)
  • David Roos (100 m, 200 m, long jump)
  • Oscar Pistorius (100 m, 200 m, 400 m)
  • Arnu Fourie (100 m, 200 m)
  • Nicholas Newman (javelin)
  • Marius Stander (200 m, 400 m)
  • Fanie Lombard (shot put, discus)
  • Duane Strydom (discus)
  • Michael Louwrens (shot put)
  • Jonathan Ntutu (100 m, 200 m)
  • Teboho Mokgalagadi (100 m)
  • Hilton Langenhoven (200 m, long jump)
  • Ernst van Dyk (marathon)

Cycling

Road

  • Ernst van Dyk (time trial, road race)
  • Riaan Nel (time trial, road race)
  • Janos Plekker (time trial, road race)
  • Roxy Burns (time trial)
  • Susan van Staden (time trial)

Track

  • Janos Plekker (individual pursuit, 1 km time trail)
  • Roxy Burns (500 m time trail, individual pursuit)
  • Susan van Staden (500 m time trail, individual pursuit)
  • Gavin Kilpatrick (1km time trail, individual pursuit)
  • Michael Thompson (1km time trail, individual pursuit)

Equestrian

  • Kerry Noble (individual champion test, individual freestyle test)
  • Philippa Johnson (individual champion test, individual freestyle test)
  • Marion Milne (individual champion test, individual freestyle test)
  • Mark Frenzel (individual champion test, individual freestyle test)

Powerlifting

  • Moekie Grobbelaar (52 kg)

Rowing

  • Gordon Eddey (coxed four)
  • Jarred Clarke (coxed four)
  • Kevin du Toit (coxed four)
  • Kim Robinson (coxed four)
  • Mosego Mokhine (coxed four)

Swimming

Table Tennis

  • Jan du Plooy (singles, men's team)
  • Pieter du Plooy (singles, men's team)
  • Alisha Almeida (singles, women's team)
  • Alet Moll (singles, women's team)

Wheelchair Basketball

  • Justin Govender
  • Marcus Retief
  • David Curle
  • Grant Waites
  • Jeremiah Nel
  • Marius Papenfus
  • Nick Taylor
  • Ralph Taylor
  • Richard Nortje
  • Shaun Hartnick
  • Siphamandla Gumbi
  • Thandile Zonke
  • William Reichart

Wheelchair Tennis

  • Kgothatso Montjane (singles)
  • Sydwell Mathonsi (singles)

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ [1][dead link]
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  3. ↑ "Du Toit, who lost leg in scooter accident, will swim in Beijing Games", Reuters, May 3, 2008
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  5. ↑ "Olympics, Paralympics for Du Toit", Al Jazeera, June 12, 2008
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  7. ↑ "Pistorius, Du Toit headline Paralympics roster", International Herald Tribune, June 11, 2008
  8. ↑ "SA wheelchair basketball team trains for Beijing Paralympics", Xinhua, June 17, 2008
  9. ↑ http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/GL/92A/RSA_T.shtml


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