From the most decorated to the athlete who claimed the first Paralympic medal for the Refugee Team, the Games unveiled some big personalities
The winner of five gold medals in Paris – plus a just-pipped silver in the 100m T53 – the irrepressible Debrunner was the most successful para athletics athlete of the Games. Her marathon medal on Sunday morning, up and down the cobbles of the Champs-Élysée, over the beautiful Pont Alexandre II and into Les Invalides, was the gold sprinkling on top of a haul that already included gold in the 400m T53, 800m T53, 1500m T54 and 5,000m T54 track.
Not only a survivor she is an ambassador for a better world. “This medal is for all the women of Afghanistan and all the refugees of the world,” she said. “I hope that one day there will be peace in my country.”Boccia isn’t normally seen as the one of the more high-profile Paralympic sports, often tucked away in a remote indoor location. But that changed on the day Aubert got gold for France in the BC1 category.
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