Npc: | BOT |
Npcname: | Paralympic Association of Botswana |
Games: | Summer Paralympics |
Year: | 2004 |
Location: | Athens |
Competitors: | 1 |
Sports: | 1 |
Rank: | 57 |
Gold: | 1 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
Botswana made its Paralympic Games début at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. The country sent a single representative (Tshotlego Morama) to compete in athletics. She set a world record and won a gold medal in the T46 women's 400m.
Botswana made their Paralympic debut in Athens.[1] [2] The country sent a single representative, Tshotlego Morama, to compete in athletics.
See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. Morama entered only the 400m sprint event, in the T46 category. She finished first of her heat, and, with a time of 57.09, was the only athlete to run under one minute in the heats. She ran the final in 55.99 seconds, setting a new world record to take gold.