Vanuatu at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Vanuatu is participating in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9, 2012.

[1] The country initially hoped to send athletes to compete in wheelchair tennis and track and field.

[2] Ultimately, however, its delegation was to consist in only one athlete, Marcel Houssimoli, in three sprinting events.

He was the only T37 athlete in the race; his opponents, categorised T38, had a lower level of disability.

[10][11] He finished seventh and last in the final, improving his time to 1:07.61, fourteen seconds behind sixth-placed Marius Stander of South Africa.

An interview with the Marcel Houssimoli and his coach in London
Marcel Houssimoli in London
Marcel's coach in London
Marcel and his coach in London