पैरालंपिक्स के इतिहास में भाग लेने वाली सबसे उम्रदराज एथलीट हैं Libby Kosmala

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पैरालम्पिक खेलों में भाग लेने वाले किसी भी देश के सबसे बुजुर्ग एथलीट, Libby Kosmala पैरालम्पिक खेल के इतिहास में सबसे सम्मानित हस्तियों में से एक हैं.

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जन्म के समय जटिलताओं के कारण पैराप्लेजिक, लिब्बी ने आयोजक की गलती के कारण 1968 में तेल अवीव में ऑस्ट्रेलियाई टीम के सहायक सचिव के रूप में अपना पैरालंपिक कैरियर शुरू किया.

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दो साल बाद उन्हें स्कॉटलैंड के एडिनबर्ग में कॉमनवेल्थ पैराप्लेजिक गेम्स में भाग लेने के लिए चुना गया, जहाँ उन्होंने तीरंदाजी और फ़ॉइल फ़ेंसिंग में स्वर्ण, पेंटाथलॉन में रजत और तैराकी और व्हीलचेयर रेसिंग स्पर्धाओं में चार कांस्य पदक जीते.

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उन्होंने 1972 से 2016 के बीच 12 पैरालंपिक खेलों में ऑस्ट्रेलिया का प्रतिनिधित्व किया है, जिसमें उन्हें सबसे बड़ी सफलता 1984 में इंग्लैंड के स्टोक मैंडविल में हुए खेलों में मिली थी.

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अपने चारों इवेंट में स्वर्ण पदक जीतना और चार विश्व रिकॉर्ड तोड़ना, यह खेलों के इतिहास में किसी ऑस्ट्रेलियाई द्वारा किया गया सबसे प्रभावशाली प्रदर्शन था.

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सियोल 1988 भी यादगार रहा. लिब्बी ने एयर राइफ़ल शूटिंग में तीन स्वर्ण पदक और एक रजत जीता और उनके पति स्टेन ने पुरुषों की जोड़ी लॉन बॉल्स में स्वर्ण पदक जीता.

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अपने शानदार खेल करियर के अलावा, लिब्बी विकलांग लोगों के लिए समानता की भी वकालत करती हैं, तथा 1970 के दशक में दक्षिण ऑस्ट्रेलिया में विकलांग लोगों के लिए पार्किंग परमिट प्राप्त करने में उनकी भूमिका प्रभावशाली रही थी.

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