South Africa at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

South Africa at the
2008 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| RSA
NPC| South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website| www.sascoc.co.za
in Beijing
Competitors| 61 in 9 sports
Flag bearer | Natalie du Toit
Medals
Ranked 6th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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South Africa sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China and finished 6th on the medal table.[1]

Natalie du Toit, five time gold medallist at the Athens Paralympics in 2004, competed in six swimming events.[2] She also represented South Africa at the Beijing Olympics.[3][4][5] Other members of the swim team included Charl Bouwer, Kevin Paul, Tadgh Slattery, Achmat Hassiem, Shireen Sapiro, Emily Gray, Sarah Shannon, Adri Visser and Beth Nothling. South Africa also sent a swimming official, Sharief Gamiet, to the games.[6]

Oscar Pistorius represented South Africa in athletics.[7]

South African representatives also competed in wheelchair basketball.[8]

## Medalists

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Further information: 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2008 Summer Paralympics medal winners

The following South African athletes won medals at the games:[9]

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle - S9
Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle - S9
Gold | Oscar Pistorius | Athletics | Men's 400 m - T44
Gold | Ernst van Dyk | Cycling | Men's individual road race HC C
Gold | Shireen Sapiro | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke - S9
Gold | Hilton Langenhoven | Athletics | Men's long jump - F12
Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly - S9
Gold | Fanie Lombard | Athletics | Men's discus throw - F42
Gold | Charl Bouwer | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle - S13
Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley - SM9
Gold | Hilton Langenhoven | Athletics | Men's pentathlon - P12
Gold | Philippa Johnson | Equestrian | Individual championship test - grade IV
Gold | Philippa Johnson | Equestrian | Individual freestyle test - grade IV
Gold | Kevin Paul | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke - S9
Gold | Fanie van der Merwe | Athletics | Men's 100 m - T37
Gold | Oscar Pistorius | Athletics | Men's 100 m - T44
Gold | Hilton Langenhoven | Athletics | Men's 200 m - T12
Gold | Fanie van der Merwe | Athletics | Men's 200 m - T37
Gold | Oscar Pistorius | Athletics | Men's 200 m - T44
Gold | Natalie du Toit | Swimming | Women's 50 m freestyle - S9
Gold | Ilse Hayes | Athletics | Women's long jump - F13
Silver | David Roos | Athletics | Men's long jump - F46
Silver | Riaan Nel | Cycling | Mixed Individual Road race CP 1/CP 2
Silver | Ilse Hayes | Athletics | Women's 100 m - T13
Bronze | Ernst van Dyk | Athletics | Men's marathon - T54
Bronze | Gavin Kilpatrick
Michael Thomson | Cycling | Men's sprint (B&VI 1-3)
Bronze | Fanie Lombard | Athletics | Men's shot put - F42
Bronze | Nicholas Newman | Athletics | Men's javelin throw - F35/36
Bronze | Tadhg Slattery | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke - S5
Bronze | Teboho Mokgalagadi | Athletics | Men's 100 m - T35

## Sports

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### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men's track

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Arnu Fourie | T44  | 100m | 12.05  | 8 q | —  | 11.65  | 4
Hilton Langenhoven | T12  | 200m | 22.20  | 1 Q | 22.06  | 1 Q | 21.94  |
Teboho Mokgalagadi | T35  | 100m | —  | 12.82  |
Jonathan Ntutu | T13  | 100m | 11.32  | 5 q | —  | 11.06  | 5
200m | 22.71  | 8 Q | —  | 22.85  | 8
Oscar Pistorius | T44  | 100m | 11.16 =PR | 1 Q | —  | 11.17  |
200m | 22.71  | 1 Q | —  | 21.67 PR |
400m | —  | 47.49 WR |
David Roos | T46  | 100m | 11.73  | 16  | did not advance
200m | 23.54  | 15  | did not advance
Marius Stander | T38  | 200m | 24.35  | 8 Q | —  | 24.23  | 8
400m | —  | 52.56  | 4
Fanie van der Merwe | T37  | 100m | 11.97 PR | 1 Q | —  | 11.83 PR |
200m | 24.04 PR | 1 Q | —  | 23.84 WR |
Ernst van Dyk | T54  | Marathon | —  | 1:23:18  |

#### Men's field

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Points  | Rank
Hilton Langenhoven | F12  | Long jump | 7.31 PR | \-  |
P12  | Pentathlon | 3403  |
Fanie Lombaard | F42  | Discus throw | 46.75  | \-  |
Shot put | 13.87  | \-  |
Nicholas Newman | F35-36  | Javelin throw | 42.48 SB | 1147  |
David Roos | F44/46  | High jump | 1.84  | 920  | 8
F46  | Long jump | 6.64 SB | \-  |
Duane Strydom | F35-36  | Discus throw | 36.47  | 1044  | 4

#### Women's track

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Ilse Hayes | T13  | 100m | 12.58  | 2 Q | —  | 12.45  |
200m | 26.46  | 5 Q | —  | 26.22  | 5
Sarisa Marais | T44  | 100m | 15.19  | 11  | did not advance
200m | —  | 30.41  | 7

#### Women's field

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Points  | Rank
Ilse Hayes | F13  | Long jump | 5.68  | \-  |
Zanele Situ | F54-56  | Discus throw | 13.83 SB | 820  | 9
Javelin throw | 14.82  | 1012  | 7
Shot put | 5.07  | 817  | 12
Chenelle van Zyl | F35-36  | Discus throw | 22.16  | 923  | 6
Shot put | 7.42  | 795  | 5
F35-38  | Javelin throw | 17.86 SB | 810  | 14

### Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men's road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Riaan Nel | Mixed road race | 48:32  |
Mixed road time trial | 24:23.26  | 5
Janos Plekker | Men's road race CP4 | 2:01:23  | 23
Men's road time trial CP4 | 38:43.17  | 8
Ernst van Dyk | Men's road race HC C | 1:21:40  |
Men's road time trial HC C | 21:01.59  | 4
Gavin Kilpatrick
Michael Thomson (pilot)  | Men's individual road race B&VI 1-3 | 2:29:18  | 12
Men's individual time trial B&VI 1-3 | 36:24.91  | 17

#### Women's road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Roxy Burns | Women's road time trial LC1/2/CP4 | 53:07.14  | 10
Susan van Staden | Women's road time trial LC3/4/CP3 | 50:15.34  | 9

#### Men's track

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Janos Plekker | Men's 1km time trial CP4 | —  | 1:15.55  | 5
Men's individual pursuit CP4 | 3:55.933  | 8  | did not advance
Gavin Kilpatrick
Michael Thomson | Men's 1km time trial B&VI 1-3 | —  | 1:04.130  | 4
Men's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3 | 4:32.191  | 6  | did not advance
Men's sprint | 10.641  | 3 Q |  Delaney (IRL) /
Peelo (IRL)
W 11.529
W 11.728  | Q |  Demery (AUS) /
Hopkins (AUS)
L | q |  Oshiro (JPN) /
Takahashi (JPN)
W 11.517  |

#### Women's track

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | 1st round  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Roxy Burns | Women's individual pursuit LC1-2/CP4 | 4:07.368  | 9  | did not advance
Women's time trial LC1-2/CP4 | —  | 38.9  | 6
Susan van Staden | Women's individual pursuit LC3-4/CP3 | 4:44.792  | 9  | did not advance
Women's time trial LC3-4/CP3 | —  | 47.1  | 7

### Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Individual events

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Total

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Score  | Rank
Mark Frenzel | Waldfee 697 | Mixed individual championship test grade Ia | 52.100  | 12
Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ia | 49.166  | 13
Philippa Johnson | Benedict | Mixed individual championship test grade IV | 69.290  |
Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV | 77.272  |
Marion Milne | Waldfee 697 | Mixed individual championship test grade Ib | 58.095  | 13
Mixed individual freestyle test grade Ib | 62.333  | 10
Kerry Noble | De Vito | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 51.909  | 17
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II | 55.053  | 17

#### Team

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Individual score  | Total

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TT | CT | Total  | Score  | Rank
Mark Frenzel | See above | Team | 48.706  | 52.100  | 100.806*  | 352.948  | 12
Philippa Johnson | 70.286  | 69.290  | 139.576*
Marion Milne | 54.471  | 58.095  | 112.566*
Kerry Noble | 48.667  | 51.909  | 100.576

* Indicated the three best individual scores that count towards the team total.

### Powerlifting

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Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Moekie Grobbelaar | 52kg | 80.0  | 8

### Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Jarred Clarke
Gordon Eddey
Kevin du Toit
Kim Robinson
Masego Mokhine | Mixed coxed four | 3:42.40  | 7 R | 3:55.03  | 6 FB | 3:51.91  | 2

### Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Charl Bouwer | S13  | 100m backstroke | 1:03.76  | 3 Q | 1:03.86  | 4
100m butterfly | 1:02.37  | 6 Q | 1:01.72  | 6
50m freestyle | 25.41  | 10  | did not advance
100m freestyle | 55.14  | 5 Q | 54.99  | 6
400m freestyle | 4:21.58  | 1 Q | 4:14.02 WR |
Achmat Hassiem | S10  | 100m butterfly | 1:01.61  | 9  | did not advance
Kevin Paul | S10  | 400m freestyle | 4:27.57  | 7 Q | 4:27.68  | 7
SB9  | 100m breaststroke | 1:08.70 WR | 1 Q | 1:08.58 WR |
SM10  | 200m individual medley | 2:22.15  | 9  | did not advance
Tadhg Slattery | SB5  | 100m breaststroke | 1:37.44  | 3 Q | 1:36.11  |
SM6  | 200m individual medley | 3:12.49  | 9  | did not advance

#### Women

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Natalie du Toit | S9  | 100m butterfly | 1:07.08 PR | 1 Q | 1:06.74 WR |
50m freestyle | 29.45 PR | 1 Q | 29.20 PR |
100m freestyle | 1:02.19 PR | 1 Q | 1:01.44 PR |
400m freestyle | 4:24.75 PR | 1 Q | 4:23.81 WR |
SM9  | 200m individual medley | 2:30.13  | 1 Q | 2:27.83 WR |
Emily Gray | S9  | 100m backstroke | 1:20.01  | 13  | did not advance
Beth Nothling | S5  | 50m backstroke | 55.88  | 8 Q | 54.29  | 7
Shireen Sapiro | S10  | 100m backstroke | 1:13.04  | 2 Q | 1:10.57 WR |
100m butterfly | 1:16.02  | 8 Q | 1:17.07  | 7
50m freestyle | 31.85  | 13  | did not advance
100m freestyle | 1:08.50  | 13  | did not advance
Sarah Shannon | S3  | 50m backstroke | 1:14.24  | 6 Q | 1:13.83  | 6
50m freestyle | 1:15.59  | 8 Q | 1:13.39  | 7
Adri Visser | S5  | 100m freestyle | 1:49.61  | 11  | did not advance
200m freestyle | 3:52.72  | 13  | did not advance

### Table Tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Johan du Plooy | Men's singles C7 |  Seidenfeld (USA)
L 0-3  |  Messi (FRA)
L 0-3  |  Jurasz (POL)
L 1-3  | 4  | did not advance
Pieter du Plooy | Men's singles C6 |  Rosenmeier (DEN)
L 0–3  |  Buzin (RUS)
L 0–3  |  Arguello Garcia (CRC)
W 3–0  | 3  | did not advance
Johan du Plooy
Pieter du Plooy | Men's team C6-8 | No preliminaries |  Israel (ISR)
L 0-3  | did not advance

#### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Alisha Almeida | Women's singles C4 |  Zhou Y (CHN)
L 0–3  |  Gilroy (GBR)
L 0–3  |  Matic (SRB)
L 0–3  | 4  | did not advance
Alet Moll | Women's singles C3 |  Brunelli (ITA)
L 0-3  |  Ahlquist (SWE)
L 1-3  |  Fillou (FRA)
L 0-3  | 4  | did not advance
Alisha Almeida
Alet Moll | Women's team C4-5 | No preliminaries |  Jordan (JOR)
L 0-3  | did not advance

### Wheelchair Basketball

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Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Players

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* Justin Govender
* Marcus Retief
* David Curle
* Grant Waites
* Jeremiah Nel
* Marius Papenfus
* Nick Taylor
* Ralph Taylor
* Richard Nortje
* Shaun Hartnick
* Siphamandla Gumbi
* Thandile Zonke
* William Reichart

#### Tournament

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Group A Matches

7 September 2008
09:00

Iran (IRI) | 73-62 |  South Africa (RSA)

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Scoring by quarter: 13 \- 10, 20 \- 18, 23 \- 15, 17 - 19

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11500
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

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* * *

8 September 2008
17:45

South Africa (RSA) | 55-80 |  Canada (CAN)

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Scoring by quarter: 12 - 25, 12 - 21, 24 \- 16, 7 - 18

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1376
Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)

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* * *

9 September 2008
12:15

Germany (GER) | 96-43 |  South Africa (RSA)

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Scoring by quarter: 21 \- 8, 25 \- 8, 26 \- 10, 24 \- 17

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1095
Referees: Andre Bosveld (NED)

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10 September 2008
11:15

South Africa (RSA) | 64-58 |  Sweden (SWE)

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Scoring by quarter: 11 - 15, 16 \- 4, 11 - 13, 26 \- 16

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

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* * *

11 September 2008
12:15

Japan (JPN) | 60-58 |  South Africa (RSA)

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Scoring by quarter: 15 - 17, 11 \- 10, 14 - 16, 20 \- 15

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1302
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

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Classification 9-12

12 September 2008
11:15

South Africa (RSA) | 67-60 |  China (CHN)

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Scoring by quarter: 13 - 14, 19 \- 15, 19 - 27, 16 \- 4

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8854
Referees: Jonathon Blake Burford (USA)

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Ninth place

16 September 2008
11:15

Brazil (BRA) | 68-46 |  South Africa (RSA)

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Scoring by quarter: 19 \- 17, 18 \- 11, 19 \- 9, 12 \- 9

National Indoor Station, Beijing
Attendance: 11204
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

* * *

### Wheelchair Tennis

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Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result
Sydwell Mathonsi | Open  | Men's singles |  Batycki (POL)
L 2-6, 1-6  | did not advance

#### Women

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result
Kgothatso Montjane | Open  | Women's singles |  Verfuerth (USA)
L 4-6, 0-6  | did not advance

## See also

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* South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics
* South Africa at the Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ "Team South Africa (2008 Beijing Paralympics)". South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008.
2. ^ "Du Toit to make history at Games". BBC Sport. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
3. ^ "Du Toit, who lost leg in scooter accident, will swim in Beijing Games", Reuters, 3 May 2008
4. ^ "Du Toit in Paralympics and Olympics". Television New Zealand. Reuters. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
5. ^ "Olympics, Paralympics for Du Toit", Al Jazeera, 12 June 2008
6. ^ Martin, Peter (27 August 2008). "Border man off to Beijing". Daily Dispatch Online. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
7. ^ "Pistorius, Du Toit headline Paralympics roster", International Herald Tribune, 11 June 2008
8. ^ "SA wheelchair basketball team trains for Beijing Paralympics", Xinhua, 17 June 2008
9. ^ "Medallists - the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games". Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.

## External links

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* Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
* International Paralympic Committee

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Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China

Africa|

* Algeria
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* Burkina Faso
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* Egypt
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America|

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Europe|

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Oceania|

* Australia
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