Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...
competed at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...
in
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their fifth consecutive appearance at the
Summer Paralympics
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since
2004
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Events January
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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Athletics
;Men's track
;Women's track
See also
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Botswana at the Paralympics
Botswana made its Paralympic Games début at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, sending a single representative (Tshotlego Morama) to compete in athletics. Morama entered only the women's 400m T46 sprint, and won gold, setting a world record t ...
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Botswana at the 2020 Summer Olympics
External links
2020 Summer Paralympics website
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Nations at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
2020
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Summer Paralympics
The Summer Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebr ...