Pieter Gruijters
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Pieter Gruijters |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Helmond | 24 July 1967
Sport | |
Country | Netherlands |
Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Achievements and titles | |
Paralympic finals | 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing |
Medal record |
Pieter Gruijters (born 24 July 1967) is a Paralympic athlete from Netherlands competing F56 seated throws and P56 pentathlon events.
He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a silver medal in the men's Pentathlon - P54-58 event, a silver medal in the men's Javelin throw - F55-56 event and finished eleventh in the men's Shot put - F56 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's Javelin throw - F55-56 event and finished seventh in the men's Shot put - F55-56 event
He is world record holder in javelin for F56 classified athletes.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "World Records - Athletics | IPC". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
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- Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
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