Gary Schaff
{{Short description|Canadian Paralympic athlete (1959–2020)}}
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| name = Gary Schaff
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| nationality = Canadian
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|11|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada{{Cite web |url=http://paralympic.ca/athletes/37725 |title=Gary Schaff | Canadian Paralympic Committee |access-date=2017-06-04 |archive-date=2018-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320111416/http://paralympic.ca/athletes/37725 |url-status=dead }}
| death_date={{death date and age|2020|8|7|1959|11|13|df=y}}
| death_place=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| residence = Calmar, Alberta, Canada
| sport = Athletics
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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalBronze| 1988 Seoul | Men's Discus Throw 2}}
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Gary Schaff (13 November 1959 – 7 August 2020) was a Canadian Paralympic athlete. In the 1988 Summer Paralympics he won a silver medal in the men's discus throw. He also placed fifth in the shot put event in the same Paralympics.{{cite web | url=https://edmontonjournal.remembering.ca/obituary/gary-schaff-1080352148 | title=Remembering the life of Gary SCHAFF }}
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External links
- [https://www.paralympic.org/gary-schaff Biography Gary Schaff]
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Canada
Category:Track and field athletes from Vancouver
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Paralympic track and field athletes for Canada
Category:Canadian male discus throwers
Category:Wheelchair discus throwers
Category:Paralympic discus throwers
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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