Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

first participated at the Paralympic Games

Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...

in 1992, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Paralympic Games

Summer Paralympic Games

The Summer Paralympic Games or the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event, where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years,...

 since then.

Pakistani athletes have so far won a single medal. A silver, coming courtesy of Haider Ali

Haider Ali (athlete)

Haider Ali is an all-around Pakistani athlete who created history in 2008 Summer Paralympics; by winning a silver medal for his country, which had never won a medal in Paralympic games before.-Beijing Paralympics 2008:...

 in the Men's Long Jump - F37/38 Event at Beijing 2008 Paralympics. Ali scored the same number of points (1,104) as the gold medal winner, Farhat Chida, from Tunisia. However, Ali had 2 failed attempts, whilst Chida had none, so Chida collected the gold medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
	Haider Ali Haider Ali (athlete) Haider Ali is an all-around Pakistani athlete who created history in 2008 Summer Paralympics; by winning a silver medal for his country, which had never won a medal in Paralympic games before.-Beijing Paralympics 2008:...	2008 Beijing 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....	Athletics	Men's Long Jump - F37/38 Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing National Stadium from September 8 to September 17. There were 160 gold medals in this sport.-Classification:Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...

Medals by Games

1992 Barcelona 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...	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta 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....	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney 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...	0	0	0	0
2004 Athens 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...	0	0	0	0
2008 Beijing 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

Medals by sport

Athletics	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

See also

• Pakistan at the Olympics
  Pakistan at the Olympics
  Pakistan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games
  Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games
  Pakistan has competed in 11 of the 19 previous Commonwealth Games, from 1954. Its most successful games have been the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, where it was 4th in the overall rankings and won 8 Gold Medals...
  
  
• Pakistan at the Asian Games
  Pakistan at the Asian Games
  - Medals by Asian Games :-See Also:* Pakistan at the Olympics* Pakistan at the Paralympics* Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games...