Angola at the Rio 2016 Paralympics

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Jose Sayovo ARMANDO of Angola in the Men's 200m - T11 at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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Jose Sayovo ARMANDO of Angola in the Men's 200m - T11 at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. © • www.photo-hartmann.de

·Angola has claimed eight medals at the Paralympic Summer Games: G4-S3-B1.

·Athens 2004 were Angola's most successful Paralympic Games to date, winning three gold medals.

·The NPC made its debut at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games.

·Angola is in joint 61st place on the Summer Games' all-time medal table.

·All of Angola's medals have been won by Jose Armando Sayovo in athletics.

·At Athens 2004, Sayovo won three gold medals - in the men's 100m, 200m and 400m T11.

·Four years later, in Beijing, Sayovo claimed silver in those three events. At London 2012, he won his second gold medal in the 400m and completed the medal set in the 200m as he bagged bronze.

·The last three World Championships medals for Angola in athletics were won by female athletes - Befilia Buya bagged silver in the women's 800m T11 in 2015, while Maria Gomes Da Silva claimed silver in the women's 400m T11 and Esperanca Gicaso bronze in the women's 200m T11 in 2013.

·There is no rights holding broadcaster in Angola for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. A live stream is available via the IPC’s website www.paralympic.org.

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