Marjaana Vare
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Marjanna Vare is a Paralympian
athlete
from Finland
competing mainly in category F42-46 javelin events.
Marjanna has competed in 4 Paralympics in two different sports. She first competed in 1992
in Barcelona
in various swimming events but failed to win any medals. It was the same story in Atlanta in 1996
. After missing the 2000 games she returned in 004 in the Athletics events and won a gold medal in the F42-46 javelin as well as competing in the discus. Four years later however she was unable to defend her title coming away with nothing from the F42-46 javelin.
Paralympian
A Paralympian is an athlete who has participated in the Paralympic Games.A Paralympic athlete has a physical disability. The disability can be amputation, spinal cord injuries, visual impairment or cerebral palsy. An exception is the sighted guides for athletes with a visual impairment...
athlete
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
from Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
competing mainly in category F42-46 javelin events.
Marjanna has competed in 4 Paralympics in two different sports. She first competed in 1992
1992 Summer Paralympics
The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Sports :The games consisted of 487 events spread over fifteen sports. Powerlifting and weightlifting were considered to be a single sport...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
in various swimming events but failed to win any medals. It was the same story in Atlanta in 1996
1996 Summer Paralympics
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, USA were held from 16 August to 25 August. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million....
. After missing the 2000 games she returned in 004 in the Athletics events and won a gold medal in the F42-46 javelin as well as competing in the discus. Four years later however she was unable to defend her title coming away with nothing from the F42-46 javelin.