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Today is World CP Day! 💫 Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term for group of conditions that affects movement and coordination. There are athletes with monoplegia, hemiplegia, diplegia, triplegia, quadriplegia, spasticity, ataxia and athetosis who have competed at the Paralympics. Swipe for a photo gallery and read further down for the who’s who of CP athletes! We’ve tagged them so go follow them too. (There are many many more! We could only do 10 photos) Johanna Benson - Namibia. Became champion in 2012 in 200m. Sophie Christiansen - Great Britain. 8 times Paralympic champion in Para equestrian. Siobhan Fitzpatrick - Great Britain. Wheelchair basketball athlete. Zach Miller - Para snowboarder from USA. Two time world champion. Jaleen Roberts - sprinter from USA. Laurentia Tan - Para equestrian rider from Singapore. David Smith - three time boccia champion from Great Britain. Rae Anderson - dual sport athlete, winter and summer, competing in javelin at the Paralympics fo...

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