Bahrain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:BRN
Npcname:Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2016
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:2
Sports:1
Rank:60
Gold:1
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1984

Bahrain competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Disability classifications

See main article: Disability sport classification. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1] [2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[3]

Delegation

The country sent a team of 2 athletes, both women.[4] Both competed in athletics.[5]

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Women's Field
AthleteEventsResultRank
Fatema NedhamShot Put F534.76
Rooba AlomariDiscus F54-5518.267

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paralympics categories explained . . 3 September 2008 . 25 December 2015.
  2. News: Making sense of the categories . . 6 October 2000 . 25 December 2015.
  3. News: A-Z of Paralympic classification . . 28 August 2008 . 25 December 2015.
  4. Web site: OVERALL NUMBER OF ENTRIES BY NPC. myInfo+Plus. Atos. 17 September 2016. registration. 23 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160923002404/https://myinfo.rio2016.com/portal/OIS/ENT?menu=ENT&url=%2FOIS%2Fgenerated%2FENT%2Flive%2FENG%2FEN%2FEN0000000%2FRES08.html#selectedNOC=CMR. dead.
  5. Web site: Competitors List: Bahrain. myInfo+plus. Atos. 17 September 2016. registration. 23 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160923003837/https://myinfo.rio2016.com/portal/OIS/ENT?menu=ENT&url=%2FOIS%2Fgenerated%2FENT%2Flive%2FENG%2FEN%2FEN0000000%2FRES07.html#selectedNOC=CMR&selNOC=BRN. dead.