Syria at the Paralympics explained

Npc:SYR
Npcname:Syrian Paralympic Committee
Games:Paralympics
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:1

Syria made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, with two athletes: Ahmad Manfi in table tennis, and Ali Ismail in swimming. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never entered the Winter Paralympics.[1]

Syria won its first and so far only Paralympic medal when Rasha Alshikh took bronze in powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, in the women's up to 67.5 kg category, lifting 117.5 kg.[2]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Paralympics

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
2 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0
5 0 0 0 0
5 0 0 1 1
5 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
future event
Total 0 0 1 1 122

Medals by summer sport

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=SYR&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Syria at the Paralympics
  2. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=SYR&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Syria at the Paralympics