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Raushan Koishibayeva

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Raushan Koishibayeva is a Kazakhstani Paralympic powerlifter, born on 7 March 1966. She won a silver medal in the 67 kilogram category at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, taking the podium at the age of 50. Both of her legs were amputated in 1990 after an injury, and she took up powerlifting in 2010, some twenty years later. She is married and has three children. The article records the 2016 Paralympic silver medal as her main result, reached six years after she began lifting.

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Para or Adaptive 1
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1966 1
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born 7 March 1966) is a Kazakhstani Paralympic powerlifter.
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    born 7 March 1966) is a Kazakhstani Paralympic powerlifter.
  • Competed In: Paralympic Games, Lead, 2016 Paralympics
    She won a silver medal in the 67 kg category at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, aged 50.
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