Goalball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
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Goalball
at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
consisted of men's and women's team events.
Goalball
Goalball is a team sport designed for blind athletes. It was devised by Hanz Lorenzen , and Sepp Reindle , in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans...
at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
1996 Summer Paralympics
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, USA were held from 16 August to 25 August. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million....
consisted of men's and women's team events.
Medal summary
| Men | Juha Oikarainen Arttu Makinen Jani Kallunki Jorma Kivinen Asko Kinnunen Marko Kauppila |
Eric Houle J. Crepault Mario Caron Jeff Christy Roberto Gaunt Dean Kozak |
Ricardo Fernandez Fernando Sardina Jordi Mendoza Roberto Abenia Francisco Munoz Hipolito Gonzalez |
| Women | Martina Bethke Cornelia Dietz Gudula Demmelhuber Edda Ewert Christel Bettinger Christine Krause |
Maria-Terttu Piiroinen Iris Keitel Mari Pekkala Tarja Pelkonen Merja Hanski |
Jennifer Armbruster Maureen Esposito Margaret Ostrowski Sheryl Gordon Patti Egensteiner-Asbury Irene Davis-Sparks |