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| Full name | Pieter Gruijters | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-07-24) 24 July 1967 (age 57) Helmond | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pieter Gruijters (born 24 July 1967) is a Paralympic athlete from Netherlands competing F56 seated throws and P56 pentathlon events.
He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a silver medal in the men's Pentathlon - P54-58 event, a silver medal in the men's Javelin throw - F55-56 event and finished eleventh in the men's Shot put - F56 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's Javelin throw - F55-56 event and finished seventh in the men's Shot put - F55-56 event
He is world record holder in javelin for F56 classified athletes.
References
- "World Records - Athletics | IPC". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
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Preceded by Esther Vergeer
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Dutch Disabled Sportsman / woman of the Year 2006 |
Succeeded by Annette Roozen / Marion Nijhof
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Paralympic athletes for the Netherlands
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Helmond
- World record holders in para-athletics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Dutch male javelin throwers
- Dutch pentathletes
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