Great Britain won 42 gold medals in 2008 Paralympic games.
Great Britain won 42 gold medals in 2008 Paralympic games.
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they won 42 gold medals and hope to achieve more in London Games
they won 42 gold medals and hope to achieve more in London Games
As of the 2008 Games, Ireland has won 20 medals (8 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze) in Summer Olympic competition. The Irish athlete that has won the most Olympic medals is swimmer Michelle Smith who won 4 medals (3 gold, 1 bronze) at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Irish athletes have won 9 medals in boxing (1 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze), 6 in athletics (4 gold, 2 silver), 4 in swimming (3 gold, 1 bronze), and 1 in sailing (1 silver).
At the Beijing Summer Olympics, Australia earned a total of 46 medals: 14 Gold, 15 Silver and 17 Bronze. At the Beijing Paralympics, Australian athletes won 23 Gold, 29 Silver and 27 Bronze - a total of 79 medals.
The United Kingdom has won a total of zero medals in Taekwondo in the period between the Sydney and Beijing Olympics.
2 ... Eleanor won gold medals in 100 meter freestyle and 400 meter freestyle at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.
2 ... Shelly won bronze in 5000 meters and silver in 1500 meters at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. She is hoping to add to that total at the 2012 Paralympics in London.
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