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Ivory Coast at the Paralympics

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Ivory Coast at the
Paralympics
IPC codeCIV
NPCFédération Ivoirienne des Sports Paralympiques
Medals
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer appearances

Ivory Coast first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1996. It has participated in every Summer Paralympics since then, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics. Côte d'Ivoire has won four Paralympic medals, three gold and one bronze, all in the sport of track and field athletics. All three of the gold medals were won by Oumar Basakoulba Kone.[1]

Ivory Coast will be taking part in the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and the Fédération Ivoirienne des Sports Paralympiques have chosen Bedford as the UK training base for its Paralympians.[2]

Medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Oumar Basakoulba Kone 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 400 metres T42-46
 Gold Oumar Basakoulba Kone 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 800 metres T44-46
 Gold Oumar Basakoulba Kone 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 800 metres T46
 Silver Fatimata Diasso 2016 Rio Athletics Women's Long Jump F11
 Bronze Paul Fernand Kra Koffi 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 800 metres T12

References

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  1. ^ Ivory Coast at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
  2. ^ "On Your Marks! Bedford Borough to host teams from around the world ahead of London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-02-24.