Alphanso Cunningham
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Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 29 August 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | F53 Javelin F53 Discus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Neville Sinclair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paralympic finals | 2004, 2008, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest world ranking | Javelin: 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alphanso Cunningham (born 29 August 1980) is a Paralympian athlete from Jamaica competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.[1]
Career history[]
Cunningham competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the javelin and won gold in the F53 discus throw. [2] He competed in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics without winning a medal.
He won gold in the F52/53 javelin at the London 2012 Paralympics.[3]
At the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Cunningham won gold in discus throw F51/52/53/57 and bronze in javelin throw F53/54/55 competition.[4]
Cunningham finished 5th in javelin F54[5] and 10th in shot put F53[6] at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
References[]
- ^ "Alphanso Cunningham". infostradasports.com. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ profile on paralympic.org
- ^ "London 2012 Paralympic Games Athletics Men's Javelin F52/53". International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "Athletics - Athlete Profile". Toronto 2015. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ "Athletics at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Men's Javelin F54 - Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved May 24, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Athletics at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Men's Shot Put F53 - Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved May 24, 2017.[permanent dead link]
External links[]
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Paralympic athletes of Jamaica
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Jamaican male discus throwers
- Jamaican male javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Jamaica
- World record holders in Paralympic athletics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
- Sportsmen with disabilities
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games