Sebastian Baldassarri is a Paralympian

Paralympian

A Paralympian is an athlete who has participated in the Paralympic Games.A Paralympic athlete has a physical disability. The disability can be amputation, spinal cord injuries, visual impairment or cerebral palsy. An exception is the sighted guides for athletes with a visual impairment...

 athlete

Track and field

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 from Argentina

Argentina

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 competing mainly in category F11 shot putt events.

Sebastian first competed in the paralympics in 2004

2004 Summer Paralympics

The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...

 where he competed in the F11 shot putt. Four years later in Beijing

Beijing

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 at the 2008 Summer Paralymics he competed in both the shot putt and the discus, winning a silver medal in the F11/12 discus.