Disabled athletes

Disabled athletes

The Paralympians are the clearest example of the fact that human possibilities are limitless. They enjoy life, love and appreciate their relatives and friends.

They achieve new victories!

Zion Clark was born without a lower half of his body. He is engaged in freestyle wrestling. He got into the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest runner on his hands.

Oscar Pistorius – the first runner with amputated limbs.

Mikhail Astashov — cycling. He was born without arms to the elbow and feet. At the XVI Paralympic Summer Games Astashov set a new world record and won a gold medal.

Anastasia Diodorova — swimming. When she was three years old she lost both hands. In 2008 an 18-year-old girl won silver at a distance of 50 meters.

Lyudmila Vasilyeva — fencing. She can't walk and moves around in a wheelchair. Her first gold she won at the World Championships in 2019. At the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, she won the bronze medal.