Trinidad and Tobago at the Paralympics

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Trinidad and Tobago at the Paralympic Games

Flag of Trinidad and Tobago
IPC code   TRI
Paralympic history
Summer Games

Trinidad and Tobago made its Paralympic Games début at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York. For its first participation, the country sent eight athletes (seven men and one woman) to compete in athletics, swimming and weightlifting. Its three medals (two gold and a bronze) were all won by the same athlete, Rachael Marshall. The country competed again in the 1988 Summer Games, with a reduced delegation of four athletes (all men), in athletics, table tennis and weightlifting. They won no medals. Trindad and Tobago has not competed again at the Paralympics since that date, and has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.[1]

The country's three medals (of which two gold) place it 72nd on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Medallists

Medal Name Games Sport Event Result
 Gold Rachael Marshall 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York Athletics Women's javelin throw L5 17.66m
 Gold Rachael Marshall 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York Athletics Women's shot put L5 8.32m
 Bronze Rachael Marshall 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle L6 2:05.27

See also

References

  1. Trinidad and Tobago at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee