Archery at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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Archery
at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
consisted of seven events, four for men and three for women. Competitors were divided into three categories:
Archery
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...
at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
2000 Summer Paralympics
The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October. The eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, an estimated 3800 athletes took part in the Sydney programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000...
consisted of seven events, four for men and three for women. Competitors were divided into three categories:
- W1: quadriplegicQuadriplegiaTetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is paralysis caused by illness or injury to a human that results in the partial or total loss of use of all their limbs and torso; paraplegia is similar but does not affect the arms...
archers, or comparable disability, in wheelchairs - W2: paraplegicParaplegiaParaplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek: παραπληγίη "half-striking". It is usually the result of spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida that affects the neural elements of the spinal canal...
archers, or comparable disability, in wheelchairs - Standing: archers standing or shooting from a chair
Medal summary
| Men's individual standing | |||
| Men's individual W1 | |||
| Men's individual W2 | |||
| Men's teams open | Salvatore Carrubba Oscar de Pellegrin Giuseppe Gabelli |
Charles Est Dejan Miladinovic Olivier Hatem |
Hong Gu Lee Ouk Soo Lee Hyun Kwan Cho |
| Women's individual standing | |||
| Women's individual W1/W2 | |||
| Women's teams open | Paola Fantato Paola Fantato Paola Fantato is an Italian archer. At age 8 she was afflicted with poliomyelitis. She competed in archery at five consecutive Summer Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2004 and won a total of five gold medals, one silver, and two bronzes... Sandra Truccolo Anna Menconi |
Anita Chapman Anita Chapman Anita Chapman is a British Paralympic archer. In individual medals she won silver at the 1996 Summer Paralympics and gold at the 2000 Summer Paralympics... Kathleen Smith Jane White |
Naomi Isozaki Hifumi Suzuki Masako Yonezawa |