Fabian Michaels is a

paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

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competing mainly in category T35 throwing events. Fabian Michaels competed in all three throws at the

2004 Summer Paralympics The 2004 Summer Paralympics (), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September ...

and even showed his versatility by running a leg of the South African 4 × 100 m relay team, but it was in the javelin that he won a silver medal.profile on paralympic.org
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