Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
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Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from September 21 to September 27.
The sport is performed sitting down. Subject to a minimum degree of physical disability there are no classifications in this sport. There are separate men's and women's competitions.
The tournament brought Bosnia and Herzegovina
their first ever Paralympic gold medal. Their team consisted of players injured in the War of 1992-95
.
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...
was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from September 21 to September 27.
The sport is performed sitting down. Subject to a minimum degree of physical disability there are no classifications in this sport. There are separate men's and women's competitions.
The tournament brought Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
their first ever Paralympic gold medal. Their team consisted of players injured in the War of 1992-95
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
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Medal summary
| Men's volleyball | Safet Alibašić Fikret Čaušević Sabahudin Delalić Sabahudin Delalić Sabahudin Delalić is a sitting volleyball player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is current captain of Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team. He won three medals at Summer Paralympics. At 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens he won gold medal... Esad Durmišević Ismet Godinjak Dževad Hamzić Ermin Jusufović Zikret Mahmić Adnan Manko Asim Medić Ejub Mehmedović Nedžad Salkić |
Davoud Alipourian Sadegh Bigdeli Saeid Ebrahimi Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Mehdi Hamidzadeh Naser Hassanpour Mohammad Riza Rahimi Ramezan Salehi Issa Zirahi |
Abd Elaal Abd Elaal Ashraf Abdalla Abdel Naby Abdel Latif Mohamed Abou Elyazid Tamer Awad Taher El Bahaey Rezk El Helbawi Hesham El Shwikh Mohamed Emara Salah Hassanein Yassir Ibrahim Hossam Massoud |
| Women's volleyball | Yu Ping Chen Bin Gong Li Ping Li Hong Qin Lu Yu Hong Sheng Yanhua Tan Jun Xue Yan Ling Yang Xu Fei Zhang Jin Qiu Zhao Xiong Ying Zheng Hai Hong Zhong |
Aletta Adema Salagter Monique Bons Anneke den Haan Karin Harmsen Paula List Maria Poiesz Marijke Roest Jolanda Slenter Alberta Ten Thije Djoke van Marum Els Verwer Petra Westerhof |
Allison Ahlfeldt Allison Aldrich Bonnie Brawner Lori Daniels Kendra Lancastier Hope Lewellen Brenda Maymon Gina McWilliams Erica Moyers Penny Ricker Deborah Vosler Lora Webster |