Producer: Peuli Bakshi
Several athletes have participated in the Olympics and later shifted to Paralympics due to suffering tragic accidents or other reasons. Here are 7 of them.
The table tennis player will be the first Brazilian Paralympic athlete to compete in both the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games.
The Australian para table tennis player competed in the 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games. She is also to repeat the feat in Paris 2024.
The Hungarian fencer won bronze at Seoul 1988 Olympics and later won three gold and three bronze in Para fencing across 5 Paralympic Games.
She competed in both the 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games. She was a taekwondo player before facing an accident and later took on archery.
Polish table tennis player and six-time Paralympic champion, Partyka, competed at both Games for four consecutive editions, starting with Beijing 2008.
The Croatian five-time Paralympic medallist participated in the 2004 Olympics and later in London Paralympics 2012, where he won a gold and a bronze.
The South African para swimmer participated at the 2008 edition of both Games and secured five gold at the Paralympics that year.