Colombia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:COL
Npcname:Colombian Paralympic Committee
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2016
Website: 
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:39
Sports:6
Flagbearer:Nelson Crispín[1]
Rank:37
Gold:2
Silver:5
Bronze:10
Appearances:auto

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

Delegation

Colombia sent a team of 39 athletes, 26 men and 13 women, and 1 official to the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2]

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.[3] [4] 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.[5]

Medalists

See main article: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table.

Medal[6] NameSportEventDate
Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB7
Men's javelin throw F34
Men's 50 metre freestyle S6
Luis Fernando Lucumí VillegasMen's javelin throw F38
Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB6
Men's 100 metre freestyle S7
Men's 100 metre freestyle S6
Women's 100 metre T36
Men's 50 metre Butterfly S7
Men's individual pursuit C4
Men's individual pursuit C5
Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB4
Women's relay team Colombia Women's 4x100 metre Relay T11-13
Men's Road Race T1-2
Women's 1500 metre - T11
Men's 400 metre - T38

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Colombia qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[7] [8]

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Colombia qualified one competitors in the men's single event, Eliecer Oquendo. This spot was a result of a Bipartite Commission Invitation place. Colombia also earned a spot in the women's singles event. Angelica Bernal got the spot as a result of a Bipartite Commission Invitation place.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carvajal. Estefanía. Este es Nelson Crispín, el abanderado de Colombia en los Juegos Paralímpicos. 27 August 2016 . El Colombiano. 27 August 2016. es. Nelson Crispín, the flagbearer of Colombia at the Paralympics.
  2. Web site: OVERALL NUMBER OF ENTRIES BY NPC. myInfo+Plus. Atos. 17 September 2016. registration .
  3. Web site: Paralympics categories explained . . 3 September 2008 . 25 December 2015.
  4. News: Making sense of the categories . . 6 October 2000 . 25 December 2015.
  5. News: A-Z of Paralympic classification . . 28 August 2008 . 25 December 2015.
  6. Web site: Paralympic Medal Count Colombia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160908172449/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/medal-count-country . 2016-09-08 .
  7. Web site: CYCLING QUALIFICATION . International Paralympic Committee . 24 December 2015 . 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151225110516/http://www.rio2016.com/sites/all/iframe/infograficos/paralimpicos/ciclismo-de-estrada/pdf/cycling-paralympics.pdf . 25 December 2015 .
  8. Web site: Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014. UCI. 24 December 2015. 31 December 2014.
  9. Web site: ITF announces singles entries for Rio 2016 Paralympics. June 24, 2016. ITF Tennis. August 24, 2016.