Rene Nielsen
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| Born | 13 June 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ "Half Man - Complete Human (in Danish)". Rene Nielsen Personal Website. 29 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Rene Nielsen - Invacare Europe". Invacare Europe. 29 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Half a man, a whole person". Reolen. 29 August 2022.
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