Bil Marinkovic, born on 16 August 1973, is a blind Austrian Paralympic athlete who competes mostly in throwing events. He has taken part in four consecutive Paralympic Games. In 2000 he entered the F12 discus, javelin, pentathlon and 100 metres without winning a medal, then moved to the more severe F11 classification for athletes with no usable vision. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics he won the javelin gold medal and broke the world record of the time with his throw, and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics he took bronze in the F11 discus. He has also won multiple medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships and is described as the current F11 world record holder in the javelin. He is coached by the former Olympic athlete Gerhard Mayer.
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Bil Marinkovic (born 16 August 1973) is a blind Paralympic athlete from Austria who competes mostly in throwing events.
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Bil has competed in four consecutive Paralympics.
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