Dominican Republic at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:DOM
Npcname:Paralympic Committee of the Dominican Republic
Games:Summer Paralympics
Year:2024
Flagcaption:Flag of the Dominican Republic
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:5
Sports:3
Appearances:auto

Dominican Republic is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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Athletics0 1 1
Cycling1 0 1
Taekwondo2 1 3
Total 3 2 5

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Track and field athletes from Dominican Republic has achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Track & road events

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. For the first time since 2016, Dominican Republic sent one male para-cyclist after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[1]

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Dominican Republic entered three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Geraldo Castro Encarnacion (men's under 63 kg), Julio Figuereo (men's above 80 kg) and Elisabeth Geraldo (women's under 52 kg) qualified for the games, in their respective classes, following the homecrowd triumph of their gold medal results, at the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, marking the nation's debut at these sports.[2]

AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Rank
Geraldo Castro EncarnacionMen's −63 kg
Julio FiguereoMen's +80 kg
Elisabeth GeraldoWomen's −52 kg

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 31 December 2022. Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation. UCI.
  2. News: Clasificatorios Olímpico, Paralímpico y Dominican Open se realizaron con éxito. Olympic, Paralympic and Dominican Open qualifiers were successfully held. es. Pan American Taekwondo Union. 15 April 2024. 13 May 2024.