Husam Azzam
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| Born | 7 December 1975[1] Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ "Athletics AZZAM Husam F A". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. 2021-08-24. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ a b "ATHENS 2004 News", International Paralympic Committee, September 24, 2004
- ^ Official list of flagbearers Archived 2008-09-09 at the Wayback Machine on the website of the International Paralympic Committee
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