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Athens 2004
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From the region there were 46 Olympians and 22 Paralympians going for gold and striving to achieve personal bests. Other Athens 2004 key facts include:

15% of the GB Olympic team are from or based in the East Midlands
13% of the GB Paralympic team are from or based in the East Midlands
78% of the canoeing team are based in Nottingham
36% of the badminton team are based in region
25% of the swimming team are based in region
8 of the 30 medals won by the GB Olympic team were won by or contributed to by athletes from or based in the region
13 of the 95 medals won the GB Paralympic team were won by or contributed to by athletes from or based in the region

East Midlands medal winners

5 Gold
Archery	Maggie Parker	Newark, Notts	Women's team - open
Athletics	Daniel Greaves	Anstey, Leics	Discus (F44/46)
Cycling	Bradley Wiggins	Chapel en le Frith, Derbys	4000m individual pursuit
Swimming	Jane Stivider	Markfield, Leics	4 x 50m Medley (20pts)
	Robert Welbourn	Market Deeping, Lincs	4 x 100m freestyle (34pts)
11 Silver
Athletics	Dan West	Nottingham	Discus (F33/34)
Badminton	Nathan Robertson	Cotgrave	Mixed Doubles
Canoeing	Campbell Walsh	Nottingham	K1
Cycling	Bryan Steel, Bradley Wiggins & Rob Hayles	Nottingham (Steel), Chapel en le Frith, Derbys (Wiggins & Hayles)	4000m team pursuit
Equestrian	Jeanette Brakewell & Mary King	Melton Mowbray & Newark	Team Eventing
Swimming	James Crisp	Nottingham	100m Breaststroke (SB8)
			100m backstroke (S9)
			400m freestyle (S9)
	Jane Stidever	Markfield, Leics	4 x 50m freestyle (20 pts)
	Robert Welbourn	Market Deeping, Lincs	400m freestyle (S10)
Table Tennis	James Rawson	Toton, Notts	Men's team - class 3
5 Bronze
Archery	Alison Williamson	Melton Mowbray	Women's individual
Basketball	Matt Byrne	Nottingham	Men's open wheelchair
Caneoing	Helen Reeves	Nottingham	Kayak singles
Cycling	Rob Hayles and Bradley Wiggins	Chapel en le Frith	Madison
Swimming	James Crisp	Nottingham	200m individual medley (SM10)

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