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Iliesa Delana
Fijian Paralympic athlete
Iliesa DelanaMOF (born 2 December ) is a Fijian politician and Paralympic high jumper who has been Member of the Parliament of Fiji and Cabinet Minister since 17 September He was the first Fijian athlete to win a medal, gold in high jump, for Fiji at the Paralympics.
Early life
Delana was born in Naisausau, Namara, Tailevu, Fiji. He lost his left leg in a bus accident at age three.
After the assessment.He debuted at the FESPIC Games in ,[1] and has since won silver medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships, held in New Zealand,[2] and then a gold medal at the Summer Paralympics.
Paralympics
Delana competed in the F42 category (for single leg amputees without prosthesis) at the Summer Paralympics. Going into the games, Delana was ranked number 2 in the world,[2][3] but jumped m to win the gold on count back, after clearing all heights up to and including m on his first attempts.
His jump of m broke the O