Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	PUR
Npcname:	Comite Paralimpico de Puerto Rico
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Rank:	69
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1988

Puerto Rico competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The delegation consisted of three competitors, one track and field athlete, one sailor, and one sport shooter.

Medalists

The country won one medal, a bronze.^[1]

Track and field athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. One Puerto Rican athlete, Julio Reguero, competed in the single-person 2.4mR keelboat event. Reguero finished in ninth place out of sixteen sailors.^[2]

Key:

• (#) = Worst two results discarded
• OCS = On the course side of the starting line (penalty)
• CAN = Race canceled

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Nilda Gomez Lopez	Women's air rifle standing SH1	387	5	489.2
	Women's sport rifle 3x20 SH1	536	17	Did not advance

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee

Notes and References

1. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml "Overall Medal Standings"
2. Web site: Sailing: 1P Keelboat (2.4mr): Fleet Overall . September 13, 2008 . The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad . 2009-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913145939/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/SA/C74A/SAX001000.pdf . September 13, 2008 . dead .