Archery at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
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Archery at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
took place at the Olympic Baseball Centre in Athens
. There were three categories:
2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...
took place at the Olympic Baseball Centre in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
. There were 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 - ST archers standing or shooting from a chair
Medal summary
| Men's W1 | |||
| Men's W2 | |||
| Women's W1/W2 | |||
| Men's ST | |||
| Women's ST | |||
| Men's Team | Young Joo Jung Hak Young Lee Hong Gu Lee |
Koichi Minami Kimimasa Onodera Shinji Sakoda |
Aaron Cross Aaron Cross Aaron Cross is a quadriplegic American archer.- Education and sport :He graduated from Augsburg College in 1997. He competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics and in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, but did not medal either time. He went on to compete in the 2002 Wheelchair Archery World Championships in... Jeffrey Fabry Kevin Stone |
| Women's Open | 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... Margaret Parker Kathy Smith |
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... Anna Menconi Sandra Truccolo |
Hee Sook Ko Hwa Sook Lee Kyung Hee Lee |
Medal table
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |