Logo Paralympics 2008.
2008 Paralympics Beijing.
September 6 - September 17, 2008.
Beijing, China.
 
Local time in Beijing: (24 h clock):  


Pools for the 2008 Paralympic Games (in alphabetical ranking).

Men Pool A.

Belgium.
Denmark.

Finland.
Lithuania.
Slovenia.
Spain.

Men Pool B.

Brazil.
Canada.
China.
Iran.
Sweden.
USA.

Women Pool.

Brazil.
Canada.
China.
Denmark.
Germany.
Japan.
Sweden.
USA.


Final ranking:

Final Ranking Men
1 China
2 Lithuania
3 Sweden
4 United States
5 Canada
6 Denmark
7 Finland
8 Slovenia
9 Iran
10 Belgium
11 Brazil
12 Spain
Final Ranking Women
1 United States
2 China
3 Denmark
4 Sweden
5 Canada
6 Brazil
7 Japan
8 Germany


Game results.


Sunday September 7, 2008.

U.T.C. L.T. No. M/W. Game. Team.   Team. Result.   Result. Referee TS Referee OS
                         
01:00 09:00 01 M Prelim. A Lithuania - Belgium
9
-
5
Claude Dagenais Keith Lound
02:00 10:00 02 M Prelim. B Sweden - Brazil
8
-
6
Patricia Fras Balint Benko
03:00

11:00

03 W Prelim. China - Brazil
5
-
3
Patrick Gafney Sivert Sivertsen
04:00 12:00 04 M Prelim. A Denmark - Spain
2
-
2
Allan Wareham Rudi Janssen
05:00 13:00 05 W Prelim Canada - Sweden
3
-
3
Nejc Jakic Lena Bonke
09:00 17:00 06 M Prelim. B Canada - Iran
9
-
5
Clive Spencer Patrick Gafney
10:00 18:00 07 W Prelim. USA - Japan
2
-
0
Alexander Knecht Kari Rasanen
11:00 19:00 08 M Prelim. A Slovenia - Finland
7
-
2
Keith Lound Allan Wareham
12:00 20:00 09 M Prelim. B USA - China
3
-
13
Rudi Janssen Claude Dagenais
13:00 21:00 10 W Prelim. Denmark - Germany
4
-
1
Balint Benko Sivert Sivertsen


Monday September 8, 2008.

U.T.C. L.T. No. M/W. Game. Team.   Team. Result.   Result. Referee TS Referee OS
                         
01:00 09:00 11 M Prelim. A Finland - Lithuania
5
-
15
Dan Parisi Alexander Knecht
02:00 10:00 12 M Prelim. B China - Sweden
13
-
8
Pieter Westerhout Claude Dagenais
03:00

11:00

13 W Prelim. USA - Denmark
2
-
0
Christl Daentler Eeva Sorkkila
04:00 12:00 14 M Prelim. A Slovenia - Denmark
4
-
2
Aurora Zanolin Allan Wareham
05:00 13:00 15 W Prelim. China - Germany
3
-
0
Eeva Sorkkila Patricia Fras
09:00 17:00 16 M Prelim. B USA - Canada
2
-
8
Nejc Jakic Clive Spencer
10:00 18:00 17 W Prelim. Brazil - Canada
6
-
5
Patrick Gafney Pieter Westerhout
11:00 19:00 18 M Prelim. A Belgium - Spain
12
-
6
Alexander Knecht Aurora Zanolin
12:00 20:00 19 M Prelim. B Brazil - Iran
5
-
8
Allan Wareham Dan Parisi
13:00 21:00 20 W Prelim. Sweden - Japan
4
-
1
Patricia Fras Nejc Jakic


Tuesday September 9, 2008.

U.T.C. L.T. No. M/W. Game. Team.   Team. Result.   Result. Referee TS Referee OS
                         
01:00 09:00 21 M Prelim. A Finland - Denmark
4
-
11
Sivert Sivertsen Rudi Janssen
02:00 10:00 22 M Prelim. B China - Canada
11
-
2
Dan Parisi Aurora Zanolin
03:00

11:00

23 W Prelim. Canada - Japan
3
-
0
Pieter Westerhout Eeva Sorkkila
04:00 12:00 24 M Prelim. A Lithuania - Spain
10
-
0
Christl Daentler Kari Rasanen
05:00 13:00 25 W Prelim. Brazil - Germany
3
-
1
Keith Lound Balint Benko
09:00 17:00 26 M Prelim. B Sweden - Iran
10
-
5
Lena Bonke Dan Parisi
10:00 18:00 27 W Prelim. Sweden - Denmark
1
-
2
Kari Rasanen Keith Lound
11:00 19:00 28 M Prelim. A Belgium - Slovenia
5
-
6
Lena Bonke Balint Benko
12:00 20:00 29 M Prelim. B Brazil - USA
4
-
6
Sivert Sivertsen Christl Daentler
13:00 21:00 30 W Prelim. China - USA
4
-
0
Rudi Janssen Pieter Westerhout


Wednesday September 10, 2008.

U.T.C. L.T. No. M/W. Game. Team.   Team. Result.   Result. Referee TS Referee OS
                         
01:00 09:00 31 M Prelim. A Spain - Slovenia
9
-
11
Clive Spencer Rudi Janssen
02:00 10:00 32 M Prelim. B Iran - USA
3
-
4
Nejc Jakic Balint Benko
03:00

11:00

33 W Prelim. Germany - Canada
0
-
1
Patick Gafney Kari Rasanen
04:00 12:00 34 M Prelim. A Finland - Belgium
8
-
5
Lena Bonke Claude Dagenais
05:00 13:00 35 W Prelim. Japan - Denmark
1
-
2
Claude Dagenais Keith Lound
09:00 17:00 36 M Prelim. B China - Brazil
14
-
4
Patricia Fras Clive Spencer
10:00 18:00 37 W Prelim. Sweden - China
3
-
5
Balint Benko Lena Bonke
11:00 19:00 38 M Prelim. A Denmark - Lithuania
1
-
10
Sivert Sivertsen Allan Wareham
12:00 20:00 39 M Prelim. B Canada - Sweden
5
-
6
Keith Lound Patrick Gafney
13:00 21:00 40 W Prelim. Brazil - USA
2
-
2
Kari Rasanen Rudi Janssen


Thursday September 11, 2008.

U.T.C. L.T. No. M/W. Game. Team.   Team. Result.   Result. Referee TS Referee OS
                         
01:00 09:00 41 M Prelim. A Denmark - Belgium
13
-
6
Christl Daentler Aurora Zanolin
02:00 10:00 42 M Prelim. B Canada - Brazil
3
-
6
Nejc Jakic Dan Parisi
03:00

11:00

43 W Prelim. Japan - China
1
-
3
Patricia Fras Eeva Sorkkila
04:00 12:00 44 M Prelim. A Lithuania - Slovenia
6
-
7
Pieter Westerhout Clive Spencer
05:00 13:00 45 W Prelim. Brazil - Sweden
4
-
5
Claude Dagenais Patrick Gafney
09:00 17:00 46 M Prelim. B Sweden - USA
9
-
1
Christl Daentler Allan Wareham
10:00 18:00 47 W Prelim. Germany - USA
0
-
4
Nejc Jakic Claude Dagenais
11:00 19:00 48 M Prelim. A Spain - Finland
3
-
7
Clive Spencer Aurora Zanolin
12:00 20:00 49 M Prelim. B Iran - China
8
-
6
Allan Wareham Christl Daentler
13:00 21:00 50 W Prelim. Canada - Denmark
2
-
2
Nejc Jakic Aurora Zanolin


Friday September 12, 2008.

U.T.C. L.T. No. M/W. Game. Team.   Team. Result.   Result. Referee TS Referee OS
                         
01:00 09:00 51 M Quarter 1 Slovenia - USA
2
-
4
Allan Wareham Pieter Westerhout
02:00 10:00 52 M Quarter 2 Denmark - Sweden
2
-
4
Eeva Sorkkila Aurora Zanolin
03:00

11:00

53 M Quarter 3 Lithuania - Canada
10
-
0
Dan Parisi Christl Daentler
04:00 12:00 54 M Quarter 4 Finland - China
6
-
7
Patrick Gafney Claude Dagenais
05:00 13:00 55 W Prelim. USA - Canada
1
-
1
Clive Spencer Nejc Jakic
09:00 17:00 56 W Prelim. Denmark - China
0
-
0
Eeva Sorkkila Alexander Knecht
10:00 18:00 57 W Prelim. Japan - Brazil
3
-
1
Sivert Sivertsen Patricia Fras
11:00 19:00 58 W Prelim. Germany - Sweden
5
-
10
Lena Bonke Kari Rasanen
12:00 20:00 59 M Place 11/12 Spain - Brazil
3
-
7
Keith Lound Rudi Janssen
13:00 21:00 60 M Place 9/10 Belgium - Iran
2
-
7
Balint Benko Patricia Fras


Saturday September 13, 2008.

U.T.C. L.T. No. M/W. Game. Team.   Team. Result.   Result. Referee TS Referee OS
                         
01:00 09:00 61 W Prelim. Denmark - Brazil
3
-
2
Sivert Sivertsen Aurora Zanolin
02:00 10:00 62 W Prelim. Germany - Japan
1
-
2
Balint Benko Kari Rasanen
03:00

11:00

63 W Prelim. USA - Sweden
7
-
4
Christl Daentler Lena Bonke
04:00 12:00 64 W Prelim. Canada - China
0
-
1
Alexander Knecht Eeva Sorkkila
09:00 17:00 65 M Place 5/8 Slovenia - Denmark
4
-
6
Dan Parisi Rudi Janssen
10:00 18:00 66 M Place 5/8 Canada - Finland
6
-
5
Patrick Gafney Patricia Fras
11:00 19:00 67 M Semi 1 Lithuania - Sweden
10
-
3
Clive Spencer Pieter Westerhout
12:00 20:00 68 M Semi 2 USA - China
0
-
4
Allan Wareham Nejc Jakic


Sunday September 14, 2008.

U.T.C. L.T. No. M/W. Game. Team.   Team. Result.   Result. Referee TS Referee OS
                         
01:00 09:00 69 W Semi 1 USA - Denmark
4
-
3
Christl Daentler Aurora Zanolin
02:00 10:00 70 W Semi 2 China - Sweden
(1) 3
-
(1) 2
Patrick Gafney Rudi Janssen
03:00

11:00

71 M Place 7/8 Slovenia - Finland
5
-
6
Keith Lound Lena Bonke
04:00 12:00 72 M Place 5/6 Denmark - Canada
5
-
8
Dan Parisi Balint Benko
09:00 17:00 73 W Bronze Denmark - Sweden
(2) 3
-
(2) 2
Pieter Westerhout Patricia Fras
10:00 18:00 74 M Bronze Sweden - USA
5
-
2
Claude Dagenais Eeva Sorkkila
11:00 19:00 75 W Gold USA - China
6
-
5
Alexander Knecht Nejc Jakic
12:00 20:00 76 M Gold Lithuania - China
8
-
9
Allan Wareham Clive Spencer

Credits www.beijing2008.cn.


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Summary after eight days:

Women Team Games Points Goals scored   Goals against Goal Diff. Rank
  Brazil 7 7 21 - 24 -3 6
  Canada 7 9 15 - 13 2 5
  China 7 19 21 - 7 14 1
  Denmark 7 14 13 - 9 4 3
  Germany 7 0 8 - 27 -19 8
  Japan 7 6 8 - 16 -8 7
  Sweden 7 10 30 - 27 3 4
  United States 7 14 18 - 11 7 2
Pool Men
Men A Team Games Points Goals scored   Goals against Goal Diff. Rank
  Belgium 5 3 33 - 42 -9 5
  Denmark 5 7 29 - 26 3 3
  Finland 5 6 26 - 41 -15 4
  Lithuania 5 12 50 - 18 32 2
  Slovenia 5 15 35 - 24 11 1
  Spain 5 1 20 - 42 -22 6
Men B Team Games Points Goals scored   Goals against Goal Diff. Rank
  Brazil 5 3 25 - 39 -14 6
  Canada 5 6 27 - 30 -3 3
  China 5 12 57 - 25 32 1
  Iran 5 6 29 - 34 -5 5
  Sweden 5 12 41 - 30 11 2
  United States 5 6 16 - 37 -21 4


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Topscorer   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S F Total Rank
Women                        
Brazil 1 SILVA Luana                   0  
  2 SANTOS Neuzimar     2             2  
  3 CUSTODIO Ana Carolina 2 3   1 2         8  
  5 AMORIM Claudia   1 1       1     3  
  6 LINO Adriana 1 1         1     3  
  7 SILVA Simone   1   1 2 1       5  
                         
Canada 2 RYAN Shawna             0     0  
  4 ALSOP Amy 1           0     1  
  5 SCOTT Contessa     2       0     2  
  6 LISABETH Annette 1       1   0     2  
  7 KNEEBONE Amy             0     0  
  9 MORIN Nancy 1 5 1 1 1 1 0     10  
                         
China 1 LIN Shan 3   1 1 1 0 1 1 2 10  
  2 WANG Shasha           0       0  
  3 CHEN Fengqing 2 1 2   1 0     1 7  
  4 WANG Ruixue       4   0   2 1 7  
  5 XU Juan   2 1   1 0   1 1 6  
  6 FAN Feifei           0       0  
                         
Denmark 1 LARSEN Maria   0       0       0  
  2 NISSEN Mette   0       0       0  
  3 VEDSTED Lykke 3 0   2 2 0 3 2 2 14 3
  4 THOMSEN Ninna   0       0       0  
  5 RYDING Kamilla   0 2     0   1   3  
  6 JOERGENSEN Karina   0       0     1 1  
  Own Goal 1         0       1  
Germany 3 FISCHER Ina 1 0   0 0 2       3  
  5 MOLLER Christiane   0   0 0         0  
  6 OTTO Swetlana   0   0 0 1       1  
  7 DIETZ Conny   0   0 0         0  
  8 BALL Natalie   0   0 0         0  
  9 SCHINDLER Stefanie   0 1 0 0 2 1     4  
                         
Japan 1 KOMIYA Masae 0 1 0 1   2 1     5  
  2 URATA Rie 0   0             0  
  3 KATO Mieko 0   0             0  
  4 TAKADA Tomoe 0   0             0  
  6 ADACHI Akiko 0   0   1 1 1     3  
  7 NAOI Yuki 0   0             0  
                         
Sweden 1 ALVERSTEDT Asa         1     1   2  
  3 NAESSTROM Sofia   1               1  
  4 NILSSON Anna                   0  
  5 GUSTAVSSON Malin 1 2 1 3 3 5 3 1 2 21 1
  6 JULIUSSON Maria                   0  
  7 JALMESTAL Josefine 2 1     1 5 1 1   11  
                         
United States 1 ARMBRUSTER Jen   2 0   2   2 1   7  
  2 LORENZ Jessie     0             0  
  3 BANTA Lisa     0             0  
  4 MILLER Asya 2   0 2 2 1 5 3 6 21 1
  5 THERYOUNG Robin     0             0  
  6 BARNES Jackie     0             0  


Final ranking Women topscorers:

Topscorer   Total Rank
Women      
GUSTAVSSON Malin Sweden 21 1
MILLER Asya United States 21 1
VEDSTED Lykke Denmark 14 3
JALMESTAL Josefine Sweden 11 4
LIN Shan China 10 5
MORIN Nancy Canada 10 5
CUSTODIO Ana Carolina Brazil 8 7
ARMBRUSTER Jen United States 7 8
CHEN Fengqing China 7 8
WANG Ruixue China 7 8
XU Juan China 6 11
KOMIYA Masae Japan 5 12
SILVA Simone Brazil 5 12
SCHINDLER Stefanie Germany 4 14
ADACHI Akiko Japan 3 15
AMORIM Claudia Brazil 3 15
FISCHER Ina Germany 3 15
LINO Adriana Brazil 3 15
RYDING Kamilla Denmark 3 15
ALVERSTEDT Asa Sweden 2 20
LISABETH Annette Canada 2 20
SANTOS Neuzimar Brazil 2 20
SCOTT Contessa Canada 2 20
ALSOP Amy Canada 1 24
JOERGENSEN Karina Denmark 1 24
NAESSTROM Sofia Sweden 1 24
OTTO Swetlana Germany 1 24

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Topscorer   1 2 3 4 5 Q S F Total Rank
Men                      
Belgium 1 van EENOOGHE Danny           1     1  
  2 de RICK Johan 2 3 2 3         10  
  3 VANHOVE Bruno                 0  
  4 BIHI Youssef 3 8 2 2 5 1     21  
  5 van HOUT Peter                 0  
  6 BUISSERET Vincent   1 1   1       3  
                       
Brazil 1 MARQUES Romario 2 4 2   2 2     12  
  2 SILVA FILHO Luiz 3   2 1 1 4     11  
  3 HOMEM Paulo                 0  
  5 COSTA Thiago                 0  
  6 FREIRE Legy                 0  
  7 CELENTE Alexsander 1 1   3 3 1     9  
                       
Canada 3 GAULIN Brendan           0     0  
  4 KOZAK Dean           0     0  
  5 HACHE Bruno     1     0 2 2 5  
  7 CARON Mario 8 7 1 4 3 0 4 4 31 2
  8 CHRISTY Jeff           0     0  
  9 CHRISTY Rob 1 1   1   0   2 5  
                       
China 1 YAO Yongquan 4 5 2 5 2 1 2 3 24  
  2 CAI Changgui 2 2 4 1 3 1 2   15  
  3 BAO Daolei       2         2  
  4 CHEN Liangliang 5 6 2 4   5   6 28  
  5 YANG Chunhong 2   2 1         5  
  6 DU Jinran     1   1       2  
  Own Goal       1         1  
Denmark 1 PEDERSEN Martin     4   1   1   6  
  2 BAULUND Mads                 0  
  3 NIELSEN Ricky 1 1 2   3 2 1   10  
  4 HANSEN Kenneth                 0  
  5 ELKJAER Jonas       1         1  
  6 WEICHEL Peter 1 1 5   9   4 5 25  
                       
Finland 1 MATTILA Jarno 1 2 2 4 3 3 2   17  
  2 AITTOLA Veli-Matti       2   1   1 4  
  3 KIVINEN Jorma                 0  
  4 MIINALA Erkki 1 3           1 5  
  7 ALENIUS Toni                 0  
  8 POSIO Petri     2 2 4 2 3 4 17  
                       
Iran 1 HOSSEINI Rahmatollah 1   1           2  
  2 SORANJI Mohammad           1     1  
  3 JALILVAND Mohsen 3 7 4 3 5 4     26  
  4 JAHANGIRI Behzad                 0  
  5 JALALI Javad         1       1  
  6 SAYAHI Seyed Mehdi 1 1     2 2     6  
                       
Lithuania 1 MONTVYDAS Nerijus   4 1 1   1 2   9  
  3 JUCHNA Arvydas   2   1         3  
  4 SIMKUS Zydrunas                 0  
  5 LEONAVICIUS Saulius     1           1  
  7 PAVLIUKIANEC Genrik 5 1 4 5 2 2 7 3 29 3
  8 ZIBOLIS Marius 4 8 4 3 4 7 1 5 36 1
                       
Slovenia 1 LEDINEK Matej       3 4   3 3 13  
  3 VINKLER Ivan 4 4 2 4   1 1 2 18  
  5 DOLANC Gorazd                 0  
  6 PODOBNIKAR Simon                 0  
  8 PIRC Dejan 3   4 4 3 1     15  
  9 VOGRINCIC Bostjan                 0  
                       
Spain 1 RUBIO Tomas   1 0 1         2  
  2 GARCIA Jose Fernando     0           0  
  3 GARCIA Raul   3 0   1 1     5  
  4 GALIANA Vicente   1 0 2         3  
  5 PEREZ Jose   1 0 4 1 1     7  
  7 SANTANA Jesus Nazaret 2   0 2 1 1     6  
                       
Sweden 1 SEREMETI Fatmir   1     1   2 2 6  
  2 KUUS Oskar                 0  
  3 GAHNE Stefan                 0  
  4 HULTQVIST Niklas 5 5 6 5 2 3     26  
  5 BJORKSTRAND Jimmy 3 1 4 1 6 1 1 3 20  
  7 AKERBERG Mikael                 0  
  Own Goal   1             1  
United States 2 MERREN Tyler 2   4 3   2 0 1 12  
  3 MUNRO Edward           2 0 1 3  
  4 WALKER Daryl             0   0  
  6 MICKENS Donte' 1 2 2       0   5  
  7 DENUYL Steve         1   0   1  
  8 DODDS Chris       1     0   1  


Final ranking Men topscorers:


Topscorer   Total Rank
Men      
ZIBOLIS Marius Lithuania 36 1
CARON Mario Canada 31 2
PAVLIUKIANEC Genrik Lithuania 29 3
CHEN Liangliang China 28 4
HULTQVIST Niklas Sweden 26 5
JALILVAND Mohsen Iran 26 5
WEICHEL Peter Denmark 25 7
YAO Yongquan China 24 8
BIHI Youssef Belgium 21 9
BJORKSTRAND Jimmy Sweden 20 10
VINKLER Ivan Slovenia 18 11
MATTILA Jarno Finland 17 12
POSIO Petri Finland 17 12
CAI Changgui China 15 14
PIRC Dejan Slovenia 15 14
LEDINEK Matej Slovenia 13 16
MARQUES Romario Brazil 12 17
MERREN Tyler United States 12 17
SILVA FILHO Luiz Brazil 11 19
de RICK Johan Belgium 10 20
NIELSEN Ricky Denmark 10 20
CELENTE Alexsander Brazil 9 22
MONTVYDAS Nerijus Lithuania 9 22
PEREZ Jose Spain 7 24
PEDERSEN Martin Denmark 6 25
SANTANA Jesus Nazaret Spain 6 25
SAYAHI Seyed Mehdi Iran 6 25
SEREMETI Fatmir Sweden 6 25
CHRISTY Rob Canada 5 29
GARCIA Raul Spain 5 29
HACHE Bruno Canada 5 29
MICKENS Donte' United States 5 29
MIINALA Erkki Finland 5 29
YANG Chunhong China 5 29
AITTOLA Veli-Matti Finland 4 35
BUISSERET Vincent Belgium 3 36
GALIANA Vicente Spain 3 36
JUCHNA Arvydas Lithuania 3 36
MUNRO Edward United States 3 36
BAO Daolei China 2 40
DU Jinran China 2 40
HOSSEINI Rahmatollah Iran 2 40
RUBIO Tomas Spain 2 40
DENUYL Steve United States 1 44
DODDS Chris United States 1 44
ELKJAER Jonas Denmark 1 44
JALALI Javad Iran 1 44
LEONAVICIUS Saulius Lithuania 1 44
SORANJI Mohammad Iran 1 44
van EENOOGHE Danny Belgium 1 44

Note webmaster:
We made above calculations. Although we tried to be accurate we cannot take any responsibility for any mistakes!!! If you see any errors in our calculations please let us know so we can correct this.

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Referees during this Paralympics:

Balint Benko - Hungary.
Lena Bonke - Denmark.
Christl Daentler - Germany.
Claude Dagenais - Canada.
Patricia Fras - Slovenia.
Patrick Gafney - United States.
Nejc Jakic - Slovenia.
Rudi Janssen - Belgium.
Alexander Knecht - Germany.
Keith Lound - Great Britain.
Dan Parisi - United States.
Kari Rasanen - Finland.
Sivert Sivertsen - Sweden.
Eeva Sorkkila - Finland.
Clive Spencer - Great Britain.
Allan Wareham - Canada.
Pieter Westerhout - Netherlands.
Aurora Zanolin - Italy.


ITO's during this Paralympics:

Despina Agianni - Greece.
Janne Ahokas - Finland.
Colette Altwasser - Germany.
Maria Antritsou - Greece (Observer).
Yasser Hamdy El-Gendy - Egypt.
Rene Howalt - Denmark.
Gokhan Ince - Turkey.
Warrick Jackes - Australia.
Carla Da Mata - Brazil.
Dina Murdie - Great Britain.
Darlene Murphy - Canada.
Dianna Sartor - USA.
Kicki Sivertsen - Sweden.
Lorna Snow - Canada.
Yotsopol Sukumonnant - Thailand.
George Thomas - Malaysia.
Vilma Venckutonyte - Lithuania.


Click here to visit the official website of the Beijing 2008 (Para-) Olympic Games.


In a spectaculair opening ceremony the President of the Peoples Republic of China His Excellency Mr. Hu Jintao opened the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. So the Games have started now.

Mrs. Jennifer Armbruster carrying the USA flag during the opening ceremony. She was escorted by her coach and father Mr. Ken Armbruster. For those who have missed the opening ceremony live or through television we can tell that the carrier of the flag of the USA Paralympic team was Mrs. Jennifer Armbruster, player of the USA National Women Team goalball. She was escorted by her coach and father Mr. Ken Armbruster.



(Snapshot from TV).











Picture of Mrs. Connie Dietz carrying the German flag during the opening ceremony.
But there was another female goalball player who carried their national flag in the opening ceremony. We are talking about Mrs. Connie Dietz from Germany.



Picture courtesy Mr. Thomas Prokein, Germany.
More pictures from German goalball women at http://www.goalballdamen.de.