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Lango Sinkamba, born in 1968 or 1969,〔("NPC Profile: A Remarkable Presidency" ), ''The Paralympian'', issue 1, 2008, p.6〕 is a Zambian former athlete who specialised in the wheelchair marathon. As a wheelchair athlete, he represented Zambia on two occasions at the Paralympic Games, and was his country's first Paralympian. He subsequently became President of Zambia's National Paralympic Committee, and has been active in raising the profile of disabled sports in his country. He is also an Athlete Ambassador for the international humanitarian organisation Right to Play.〔〔(Zambia at the Paralympics ), International Paralympic Committee〕〔("Right To Play Athlete Ambassadors: Zambia" ), Right to Play〕 In addition to his efforts in that field, he owns and runs a "small business centre, which deals with computer repairs, software, and office supplies".〔 ==Paralympian== Sinkamba lost the full use of both his legs during childhood, as the result of contracting polio. He became involved in disabled sports at a young age, organising wheelchair races while in secondary school.〔 Zambia first participated in the Paralympic Games in 1996, sending Sinkamba as its sole representative. He was entered in three events in track and field. Opting to focus on the marathon, however, he withdrew from the other two events (the 800m and 1,500m races). He completed the marathon in 3:09:17. He thus came 56th and last among those who finished the race (seven did not), over half an hour behind Ecuador's Angel Quevedo in 55th – and more than an hour and a half behind Franz Nietlispach of Switzerland, who took gold and set a Paralympic record with a time of 1:29:44.〔 Returning to the Paralympics in 2000, as one of his country's two representatives (along with female visually impaired sprinter Nancy Kalaba), Sinkamba entered only the marathon. He completed the race again, but finished last once more among the 45 athletes who reached the finish line (four did not). His time of 2:51:55 was an improvement on his previous performance, but remained nineteen minutes slower than the second slowest competitor (Yevgeniy Tetyukhin of Kazakhstan), and almost an hour and a half behind Franz Nietlispach's winning time of 1:24:55.〔 In 2004, he urged that, unless he was able to obtain a new wheelchair -which would require a donation, or assistance from the government-, he would be unable to compete in the 2004 Paralympics.〔("Paralympic athlete Sinkamba needs wheelchair for Athens games" ), Zambia News Agency, 27 May 2004〕 Ultimately, he was unable to compete, and Zambia sent no delegation to the Games.〔 Paralympic results 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lango Sinkamba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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