Kazakhstan Are in Search of Their First Medal at IPC Athletics World Championships
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Kazakhstan are in search of their first medal at IPC Athletics World Championships. The best result by a Kazakh athlete at the World Championships is a fifth place, by Ravil Mansurbayev in shot put F46 in Lyon in 2013. The best classification for a woman from Kazakhstan was a sixth place by Ainur Baiduldayeva in 200m T36, also in Lyon. Kazakhstan will take part in their third World Championships, after 2006 and 2013. At the Paralympic Games, Yuriy Kvitkov came closest to a medal for Kazakhstan with a fourth place in men’s pentathlon P13 in Athens in 2004. Mansur Durzhubayev is in first place on the 2015 world ranking of the men's T35 long jump. Korea has won 10 medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships: G4-S2-B4. The Lyon 2013 World Championships marked the first time Korea won multiple gold medals at one edition. Their total medal haul of four in 2013 (G2-S1-B1) was also a record for Korea. Previously, their best total medal haul was three, set at the Christchurch 2011 World Championships. All of Korea's four gold medals were won by different athletes: Choi Yeon Bong in men's javelin throw F36 (1998), Choi Yong Jin in men's 1500m T36 (2002), Jeon Min Jae in women's 200m T36 (2013) and Kim Gyu Dae in men's 800m T54 (2013). Yoo Byung Hoon claimed four medals at the World Championships - most by a Korean athlete - but never won the gold (S1-B3 in 400m and 800m events). Year 1998 2002 2006 2011 2013 Total . Kuwait has won 13 medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships: G5-S3-B5. All of Kuwait's medals were won by male athletes. The best results by female athletes were two fourth place finishes: Nehayah Alzaid in women's shot put F32-34/53 and Shaikhah Alfoudari in women's 100m T34 in 2011. Kuwait has not medalled since 2002 when they won three gold and two silver medals. Hamad Aladwani is Kuwait's only multiple gold medallist at the World Championships. Aladwani won the men's 100m and 200m T53 in 2002 and also claimed a silver medal in the men's 400m T53 in the same year. Aladwani also set Kuwait's best result at the last World Championships in Lyon. He finished fifth in the men's 200m T53 in 2013. Year 1994 1998 2002 Total . Kyrgyzstan will make their debut at the IPC Athletics World Championships. Kyrgyzstan has yet to win its first medal in athletics at the Paralympic Games. Slovakia has won 16 medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships: G4-S6-B6. Marek Margoc is Slovakia's only athlete to have won multiple gold medals, two in men's shot put F40 in 2002 and 2006. Margoc also won a silver medal in men's javelin throw F40 in 2006 and his three medals in total are equal most for Slovakia with Katarina Brandoburova (G1-S1-B1) and Hanka Kolnikova (S2-B1). Slovakia won five medals in 1998 in Birmingham, their most successful year. They claimed three medals in 2013 in Lyon. Slovakia has won 11 of their 15 medals in field events, four in track and one in pentathlon. Hanka Kolnikova has won three of Slovakia's four medals in track events - silver and bronze in women's 200m T12 (2011, 2013) and silver in 100m T12 (2011). Anton Sluka won the other - gold in men's T12 marathon in 1994. Slovakia has won eight medals in women's events and seven in men's. Slovakia has won six medals in athletics at the Paralympic Games, but none since 2004. Slovakia won three medals at the Swansea 2014 European Championships: G1-S1-B1. Adrian Matusik won gold in men's shot put F44. Year 1994 1998 2002 2006 2011 2013 Total . Libya is in search of its first medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships. Walid Ali Musa Ahmed finished sixth in men's discus throw F42 at the Lyon 2013 World Championships, while Abdurraouf Said came sixth in men's discus throw F44. Libya has yet to win its first medal in athletics at the Paralympic Games. At the London 2012 Games, Hamza G Elhmali recorded a 10th place finish in men's club throw F31/32/51. Lithuania has won 32 medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships: G10-S13-B9. Aldona Grigaliuniene is Lithuania's most decorated athlete with five gold medals and one silver medal. She won two gold medals in discus throw - F37/38 in 1998 and F35-36/38 in 2006 - and three gold medals in shot put - F38 in 1998 and 2006 and F37/38 in 2002. The only European women with more individual gold medals than Grigaliuniene are Marianne Buggenhagen (GER, 11) and Rima Batalova (RUS, six). Ramune Adomaitiene has won five medals: G2-S2-B1. She won gold in women's long jump T38 (2011) and in women's javelin throw F35-36/38 (2006). Adomaitiene has won three of Lithuania's last four medals at the World Championships. The only gold medal in men's events was won by Kestutis Bartkenas in 10.000m T13 in 2002. Lithuania won five medals at the Swansea 2014 European Championships: G2-S1-B2. Mindaugas Bilius won men's shot put F37 and Jonas Spudis won men's javelin throw F44. Year 1994 1998 2002 2006 2011 2013 Total . Luxembourg has yet to win a medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships. Tom Habscheid finished in fifth place in men's discus throw F42 at the 2013 World Championships in Lyon. Luxembourg has won three medals at the Paralympic Games. Marco Schmit claimed a bronze medal in men's 100m E1 in 1980 and Mathias Bingen grabbed a silver medal in 100m L5 and javelin throw L5 in 1984. At the Swansea 2014 European Championships, Luxembourg won one medal. Tom Habscheid finished second in men's discus throw F42. Macau will make their debut at the IPC Athletics World Championships. Malaysia's only medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships came in 2013, with Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli winning gold in men's shot put F20. Malaysia's next best finish at the Lyon 2013 World Championships were the fifth places by Mohammad Azlan Mat Lazin in the men's 200m T36 and Mohd Saifuddin Ishak in the men's long jump T13. The best performance by a Malaysian female at the World Championships was the sixth place of Hamela Devi Enikutty in the shot put F12 in 2013. Malaysia have won two athletics medals at the Paralympic Games (both bronze), by Mohamad Othman in the men's high jump B2 (Barcelona, 1992) and Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli in the men's shot put F20 (London, 2012). Year 2013 Total . Mauritius will make their debut at the IPC Athletics World Championships. The eighth place for Enrico Cytheree in men's shot put F10 in 1996 in Atlanta, is Mauritius' best rank in athletics at the Paralympic Games. Jean Cedric Sebastien Ravet had a top-10 finish in men's 1500m T54 at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, finishing in ninth place. Mexico has won 89 medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships: G28-S27-B34. Mexico won eight gold medals and 22 in total in 2002 in Lille, its most prolific year. Mexico's most successful events are men's javelin throw F53 and men's 200m T52 – two gold, two silver and two bronze in both events. Salvador Hernandez has won 12 medals, including seven gold (men's 100m, 200m and 400m T52), both a record for Mexico. Hernandez is the only Mexican to have won a medal at five different World Championships (1998, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2013). Only Marianne Buggenhagen (GER) has won a medal at six World Championships. Hernandez's four gold medals in men's 100m (T52) is a joint-record for this distance at the World Championships with So Wa Wai (HKG, T36). Edgar Navarro has won four gold medals in T51 sprinting events - men's 100m (one), 200m (two), 400m (one). Leticia Torres has won five medals, most for a Mexican woman: G1-S1-B3. She won medals in 100m T51 (gold), 400m T51, T52 and T53 (all bronze) and 1500m T51 (silver). Year 1994 1998 2002 2006 2011 2013 Total . Mongolia hope to win its first medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships. Sambuudanzan Ganzorig finished 15th in men’s shot put F56/57 in 2013 in Lyon, France. He is ranked joint-sixth in shot put F56 on the 2015 world ranking. Battulga Tsegmid is ranked fifth on the world ranking in men’s discus throw F41 . Lkhagvajav Jambal recorded a sixth place finish in men’s marathon T11 at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Montenegro hopes to win it its first medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships. Milos Ranitovic finished seventh in men's high jump T13 in 2013 in Lyon. Ranitovic was ranked fourth in high jump T12 at the Swansea 2014 European Championships. On the 2015 world ranking, Ranitovic is ranked joint-fourth in men's T12 high jump. Veselin Vukovic is in fifth place in men's T13 high jump. Marijana Goranovic recorded seventh place ranks in women's shot put F40 at the Christchurch 2011 World Championships and at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Morocco has won a 38 medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships: G13-S13-B12. El Amin Chentouf has won four gold medals, in men’s 5000, 10000 and twice in marathon, all in the T11/12 category.