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Husam Azzam
Palestinian track and field athlete / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Husam Azzam is a Palestinian track and field athlete. He was, according to the International Paralympic Committee, "the first Palestinian athlete to compete in Paralympic Games"[2] when he represented Palestine at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. Azzam won a bronze medal in Sydney in the shot put, with a throw of 6.94 metres. It was the first Paralympic medal for Palestine.[citation needed]
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Born | (1975-12-07) 7 December 1975 (age 48)[1] Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He represented Palestine again at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, and won silver in the shot put event.[2] Competing for the third time at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, he was Palestine's flagbearer during the Games' Opening Ceremony.[3]