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Competitor List - 2008 Paralympics in Qingdao

by ISAF and Sail-World on 6 Sep 2008
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ISAF have announced the complete competitor list for the 2008 Paralympics to be sailed in Qingdao, China at the 2008 Olympic Regatta venue.

78 sailors will compete in three events, with racing commencing on Monday 8th September.

 

Single-Person Keelboat - 2.4mR
16 entries confirmed, 16 athletes

Australia - Aaron HILL
Canada - Paul TINGLEY
China - Mingxue QI
Denmark - Jens ANDERSEN
Finland - Juhani MATTILA
France - Damien SEGUIN
Germany - Heiko KROGER
Great Britain - Helena LUCAS
Greece - George DELIKOURAS
Hungary - TBC
Italy - Fabrizo OLMI
Netherlands - Thierry SCHMITTER
Norway - Bjornar ERIKSTAD
Puerto Rico - Julio REGUERO
Spain - Emilio FERNANDEZ
USA - John RUF

Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18
11 entries confirmed, 22 athletes

Australia - Rachel COX and Daniel FITZGIBBON
Canada - Stacie LOUTTIT and John Scott MCROBERTS
China - Xiujuan YANG and Hailiang JIA
Great Britain - Alexandra RICKHAM and Niki BIRRELL
Ireland - Amy KELEHAN and John TWOMEY
Malaysia - Sin Ying LOKE and Al Mustakim MATRIN
Philippines - Cherry PINPIN and Pedro SOLLIQUE
Portugal - Luisa SILVANO and Bento AMARAL
Singapore - Kok Liang Desiree LIM and Wei Qiang Jovin TAN
Sweden - Birgitta JACOBSSON NILEN and Carl-Gustaf FRESK
USA - Maureen MCKINNON TUCKER and Nick SCANDONE

Three-Person Keelboat - Sonar
14 entries confirmed, 42 athletes

Australia - Russel BOADEN, Colin HARRISON and Graeme MARTIN
Austria - Edmund RATH, Sven REIGER and Helmut SEEWALD
Brazil - Luiz Cesar FARIA, Rossando LEITAO and Darke MATTOS
Canada - Ken KELLY, Marc SHAW and Don TERLSON
China - Ke LI, Tao WANG and Jingkun XU
France - Bruno JOUORDREN, Jerve LARHANT and Nicolas VIMONT-VICARY
Germany - Jens KROKER, Siegmund MAINKA and Tobias SCHUTZ
Great Britain - John ROBERTSON, Stephen THOMAS and Hannh STODEL
Greece - Theodoras ALEXAS, Vasileios CHRISTOFOROU and Nikolaos PATERAKIS
Ireland - Paul MCCARTHY, Paul RYAN and Richard WHEALEY
Israel - Dror CHOHEN, Arnon EFRATI and Benny VEXLER
Italy - Marco COLLINETTI, Antonio SQUIZZATO and Massimo VEBTURINI
Norway - Per Eugen KRISTIANSEN, Jostein STORDAHL and Aleksxander WANG-HANSEN
USA - Tim ANGLE, Rick DOERR and Bill DONOHUE



For more on the 2008 Paralympics http://isaf.com/Paralympic-Games.php?PHPSESSID=96a73c49d2e6e3c2e811ca49f8870cda!click_here
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