Rene Nielsen
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Born | 13 June 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | F56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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René Nielsen (born 13 June 1967) is a Paralympic former athlete from Denmark competing mainly in category P56 pentathlon events. He now works as an ambassador and has worked as a mental coach in the Danish Superliga.[1]
He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There he won a gold medal in the men's javelin throw F56, a silver medal in the men's shot put F56 and a bronze medal in the men's pentathlon P58. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a bronze medal in the men's Pentathlon P54-58, a bronze medal in the men's shot put F56 and finished fourth in the men's javelin throw F55-56.
Nielsen lost both of his legs in a train accident in 1991. His autobiography Half a Man - A Whole Person is a bestseller in Denmark selling 50,000 copies.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Half Man - Complete Human (in Danish)". Rene Nielsen Personal Website. 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Rene Nielsen - Invacare Europe". Invacare Europe. 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Half a man, a whole person". Reolen. 29 August 2022.
External links
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- 1967 births
- Paralympic athletes for Denmark
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Paralympic silver medalists for Denmark
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Denmark
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Danish male shot putters
- Danish male javelin throwers
- Wheelchair shot putters
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