El Salvador at the Paralympics
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El Salvador
made its Paralympic Games
début at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
in Sydney
, with wheelchair sprinter Claudia Marina Palacios as its sole representative. Entering the 400m race in the T54 category, Palacios finished 4th and last in her heat, which ended her participation in the Games. The country sent two athletes to the Paralympics in 2004
, and just one again in 2008
. El Salvador has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics, and no Salvadorian has ever won a Paralympic medal.
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
made its Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...
début at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
2000 Summer Paralympics
The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October. The eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, an estimated 3800 athletes took part in the Sydney programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, with wheelchair sprinter Claudia Marina Palacios as its sole representative. Entering the 400m race in the T54 category, Palacios finished 4th and last in her heat, which ended her participation in the Games. The country sent two athletes to the Paralympics in 2004
2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...
, and just one again in 2008
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....
. El Salvador has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics, and no Salvadorian has ever won a Paralympic medal.