Ko Karoly Takacs Hungarian i whakataetae i roto i te patu kaupapa i roto i te 1948 me te 1952 Summer Olympics. Ko ia he amputee matau-ringa, me te taea te pupuhi maui-ringa. Ko tetahi atu athlete hauā ki te puta i roto i te Olympics i mua i te Paralympic Games ko Lis Hartel, he Danish athlete eke i whiua polio i roto i te 1943 ka riro i te mētara hiriwa i roto i te kaupapa kakahu. te tuatahi i whakaritea athletic ra mo athlete hauā e takahi ki te Olympics i tupu i runga i te ra o te whakatuwheratanga o te 1948 Olympics i Rānana, United Kingdom.
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