2000 Summer Paralympics facts for kids

Closing ceremony at the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games

The 2000 Summer Paralympics took place in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 3,881 athletes from 122 were at the Games. People with these types of disabilities competed at the games: spinal injury, amputee, blindness, cerebral palsy, Les Autres, and intellectually disability.

Images for kids

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  Then president of the Australian Paralympic Federation,Ron Finneran during the 1984 Winter Paralympics,held in Innsbruck,Austria

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  Daytime view of pond with waterlilies at Sydney Olympic Park during the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games

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  The Australian team at the opening ceremony

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  Olympic Stadium

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  Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre

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  State Hockey Centre

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  Paralympic Torch, designed by Robert Jurgens, now placed in front of ANZ Stadium

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  Excited school children in green and gold show their support for the Australian Paralympic Team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

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  Australian cyclist Lyn Lepore shows a gold, silver and bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games plus the diamond pin presented to her by BHP for winning gold

See also

In Spanish: Juegos Paralímpicos de Sídney 2000 para niños