| Npc: | ROU |
| Npcname: | National Paralympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Flagbearer: | Eduard Novak |
| Rank: | 76 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Romania competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
See main article: article and 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]
| width=78% align=left valign=top |The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 9 | 2 | 12 |
See main article: article and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Romania has qualified 2 athletes for 2016 Summer Paralympics. Florentina Hrişcu is the first female athlete to qualify for Romania in athletics at the Paralympic Games.
Field Events - Women
Field Events - Men
See main article: article and 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, Romania qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[4] [5] After final rankings, Romania has qualified 2 cyclists 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=2 | Carol-Eduard Novak | Road Race C4-5 | 2:18:07 | 9 |
| Time Trial C4 | 40:02.02 | 6 | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Attila Olah | Road Race C1-2-3 | 2:07:59 | 29 |
| Time Trial C2 | 33:20.80 | 14 |
See main article: article and Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Romania has received an invitational spot for men extra-lightweight (60 kg) for 2016 Summer Paralympics.
See main article: article and Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Romania earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Mihaela Lulea earned the spot for Romania after finishing fourth in the women's KL3 event. Iulian Serban earned a second spot for Romania after finishing fourth in the men's KL3 event.[6] [7]
Men
Women
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athletes | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Samuel Ciorap | 100 m backstroke S12 | 1:09.30 | 11 | Did not qualify | |
| 50 m freestyle S12 | 26.36 | 18 | Did not qualify | |||
| 100 m breaststroke SB12 | 1:13.92 | 9 | Did not qualify | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Octavian Ilina | 200 m freestyle S2 | 5:44.10 | 9 | Did not qualify | |
| 50 m backstroke S2 | 1:13.81 | 9 | Did not qualify | |||
| 100 m backstroke S2 | 2:49.34 | 10 | Did not qualify | |||
| Athletes | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Naomi Ciorap | 100 m breaststroke S13 | 1:22.00 | 12 | Did not qualify | |
| 100 m butterfly S13 | 1:22.55 | 19 | Did not qualify | |||
| 50 m freestyle S13 | 30.93 | 19 | Did not qualify | |||
See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | 1St Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Dacian Makszin | Individual C3 | L 0-3 | L 1-3 | 3 | Did not qualify | |||||
| Bobi Simion | Individual C6 | L 0-3 | W 3-2 | 2 | W 3-2 | L 0-3 | Did not qualify | |||