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275:. In this period, he worked to establish a 40-bed hospital in the country for paraplegics as a result of an agreement between the British and Kenyan governments. Following the 1972 Games, Britton moved to the United States to take up a teaching position at
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who had migrated to Kenya and was representing the country at the 1972 Games won the country's first
Paralympic medal, a gold in the men's 25 meter freestyle class 2 event in a world record time of 19.9 seconds.
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Germany, including archery. He was involved in one event, the Men's St. Nicholas Round Tetraplegic, where he did not medal.
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Of the thirty-six medals Kenya had won as of 2010 at the
Paralympic Games, this was not only the first but also the only one not to be won in athletics.
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222:. The country sent four representatives (all men) to compete in archery, athletics, snooker and swimming. 1968 Great Britain Paralympic medalist
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won Kenya's first
Paralympic gold medal after winning the men's 25 meter freestyle class 2 event in a world record time of 19.9 seconds.
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where he had won several medals, but had immigrated to Kenya after those Games. He also served as the Kenyan coach in
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Dhanji competed in the men's tetraplegic snooker tournament, where he did not medal.
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279:. He continued to live in the United States until his death in 2004 in Florida.
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698:"Kenya Paralympics - Rio 2016 Medals, Athletes & News"
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Committee, Alexander
Picolin, International Paralympic.
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Kenya won a single medal - a gold in swimming won by
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Kenya had three athletes competing in athletics: or
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864:"IPC Historical Results Archive - Country Web"
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942:"Paralympic Results & Historical Records"
1034:"John Britton's Obituary on Tampa Bay Times"
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235:Kenya made their Paralympic Games debut in
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612:Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
208:made its Paralympic Games début at the
1392:Nations at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
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834:"Super human moment of pride and fame"
565:Snooker at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
346:Archery at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
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267:. Britton had previously represented
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115:Summer Paralympics appearances (
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459:Zulfikarali Salehmohamed Dhanji
444:Zulfikarali Salehmohamed Dhanji
429:Zulfikarali Salehmohamed Dhanji
402:Zulfikarali Salehmohamed Dhanji
374:Zulfikarali Salehmohamed Dhanji
351:Zulfikarali Salehmohamed Dhanji
245:Zulfikarali Salehmohamed Dhanji
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760:The Paralympic Games Explained
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594:Men's Tournament Tetraplegic
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757:Brittain, Ian (2009-09-11).
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277:Northern Illinois University
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16:Sporting event delegation
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1100:1972 Summer Paralympics
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211:1972 Summer Paralympics
24:1972 Summer Paralympics
433:Men's Discus Throw 1B
790:Standard Digital News
517:Men's Discus Throw 4
476:Men's Discus Throw 2
1402:1972 in Kenyan sport
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946:www.paralympic.org
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463:Men's Shot Put 1B
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617:John Britton
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224:John Britton
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22:Kenya at the
1371:New Zealand
1340:Switzerland
1305:Netherlands
1229:South Korea
81:Ranked 25th
68:Competitors
1386:Categories
1350:Yugoslavia
1104:Heidelberg
1043:2016-10-27
1019:2016-10-27
995:2016-10-27
975:2016-10-27
951:2016-10-27
878:2016-10-27
843:2016-10-27
819:2016-10-27
795:2016-10-27
736:2016-10-27
707:2016-10-27
680:References
670: Gold
610:See also:
563:See also:
394:See also:
344:See also:
311: Gold
273:Heidelberg
259:Medallists
237:Heidelberg
216:Heidelberg
61:Heidelberg
1366:Australia
1209:Hong Kong
1158:Argentina
390:Athletics
1320:Portugal
1224:Malaysia
1132:Rhodesia
887:cite web
726:Rio 2016
649:Swimming
606:Swimming
575:Athlete
414:Athlete
359:Athlete
321:Swimming
117:overview
39:IPC code
1359:Oceania
1325:Romania
1285:Ireland
1280:Hungary
1265:Finland
1260:Denmark
1250:Belgium
1245:Austria
1178:Jamaica
1163:Bahamas
1151:America
722:"Kenya"
634:Result
559:Snooker
340:Archery
300:Result
241:Germany
220:Germany
1335:Sweden
1315:Poland
1310:Norway
1290:Israel
1270:France
1238:Europe
1183:Mexico
1173:Canada
1168:Brazil
1142:Uganda
1115:Africa
767:
658:19.9s
637:Place
631:Event
628:Sport
581:Place
578:Event
499:Kamau
486:Kamau
473:Kamau
420:Place
417:Event
365:Place
362:Event
330:19.9s
297:Event
294:Sport
288:Medal
99:Bronze
93:Silver
77:Medals
1330:Spain
1300:Malta
1295:Italy
1219:Japan
1214:India
1127:Kenya
1122:Egypt
625:Name
291:Name
205:Kenya
105:Total
1202:Asia
1188:Peru
893:link
765:ISBN
640:Ref
584:Ref
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368:Ref
231:Team
193:2024
188:2020
183:2016
178:2012
173:2008
168:2004
163:2000
158:1996
153:1992
148:1988
143:1984
138:1980
133:1976
128:1972
87:Gold
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