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New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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IPC code
  
NZL

Competitors
  
30 in 7 sports

Website
  
paralympics.org.nz

Flag bearer
  
Sholto Taylor

New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

NPC
  
Paralympics New Zealand

MedalsRanked 24th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal53412

New Zealand sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by thirty athletes competing in 7 sports: athletics, boccia, cycling, power-lifting, shooting, swimming and wheelchair rugby.

Contents

Athletics

  • Tim Prendergast
  • Matt Slade
  • Jessica Hamill
  • Terry Faleva'ai
  • Kate Horan

    • Boccia

  • Liam Sanders, Maurice Toon, Jeremy Morriss, Greig Jackson, Kerri Bonner, Amanda Slade, and Henderikus Dijkstra

    • Cycling

  • Paula Tesoriero
  • Annmarie Donaldson
  • Annaliisa Farrell
  • Jayne Parsons
  • Fiona Southorn

    • Powerlifting

  • George Taamaru

    • Shooting

  • Michael Johnson

    • Swimming

  • Cameron Leslie
  • Sophie Pascoe
  • Daniel Sharp

    • Wheelchair rugby

    The Wheel Blacks' team will include Tim Johnson, Dan Buckingham, Jai Waite, Curtis Palmer, Gerry Tinker, Sholto Taylor, Adam Wakeford and David Klinkhamer.

    References

    New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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