Thomas Bourgeois is a Paralympic athlete

Track and field

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 from America

United States

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 competing mainly in category P44 pentathlon events.

He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

1992 Summer Paralympics

The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Sports :The games consisted of 487 events spread over fifteen sports. Powerlifting and weightlifting were considered to be a single sport...

 in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain

Spain

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 in the men's Pentathlon - PS4 event. 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....

 in Atlanta, United States

United States

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, he won a silver medal in the men's Pentathlon - P44 event, a bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 meter relay - T42-46 event, and finished seventh in the men's 800 meters - F43-44 event. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics

2000 Summer Paralympics

The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October. The eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, an estimated 3800 athletes took part in the Sydney programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000...

 in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

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, he won a silver medal in the men's Pentathlon - P44 event.

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