Benin at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Benin at the
2000 Summer Paralympics
IPC code BEN
NPC Federation Handisport du Benin-Comité National Paralympique
in Sydney
Competitors 1 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Summer Paralympics appearances

Benin made its Paralympic Games début at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney. It sent a single athlete, blind runner Edouard Agboessi, to compete in athletics. Agboessi failed to make it out of the heats in the men's 100 m T11 event.

Team

Benin made their Paralympic debut at the 2000 Games. [1][2] The country sent a single athlete, blind runner Edouard Agboessi, to compete in athletics.[3][4] Agboessi would later be a member the Benin vision impaired organization, "Réseau des associations des personnes handicapées de l'Atlantique et du Littoral (Raphal)". He was part of 2015 efforts to encourage peole with disabilities to vote in upcoming elections.[5]

Athletics

Agboessi ran in the first heat of his event, against Julio Requena of Spain and Aina Onja of Madagascar, with Cuba's Jorge Jay Masso being a non-starter. Agboessi's time of 13.42 was faster than Onja's (13.98), but slower than Requena's (12.50), and too slow to advance to the next round. Requena was the slowest qualifier.[4]

Name Sport Event Time Rank
Edouard Agboessi Athletics Men's 100 m T11 13.42 2nd in heat 1;
did not advance

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