Colombia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Colombia at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Nelson Crispin[1]
Medals
Ranked 37th
Gold
2
Silver
5
Bronze
10
Total
17
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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

Main article: Disability sport classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five

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

Main article: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal[6] Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Carlos Serrano Zárate Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB7 September 10
 Gold Mauricio Valencia Athletics Men's javelin throw F34 September 15
 Silver
Nelson Crispin
 Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S6 September 10
 Silver Luis Fernando Lucumí Villegas Athletics Men's javelin throw F38 September 15
 Silver
Nelson Crispin
 Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB6 September 15
 Silver Carlos Serrano Zárate Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S7 September 16
 Silver
Nelson Crispin
 Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S6 September 17
 Bronze
Martha Hernández
 Athletics Women's 100 metre T36 September 9
 Bronze Carlos Serrano Zárate Swimming Men's 50 metre Butterfly S7 September 9
 Bronze
Diego Dueñas
 Cycling Men's individual pursuit C4 September 10
 Bronze Edwin Fabián Mátiz Ruiz Cycling Men's individual pursuit C5 September 10
 Bronze Mauricio Valencia Athletics Men's shot put F34 September 10
 Bronze Moisés Fuentes Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB4 September 11
 Bronze Women's relay team Colombia Athletics Women's 4x100 metre Relay T11-13 September 14
 Bronze Nestor Javier Ayala Cycling Men's Road Race T1-2 September 16
 Bronze Maritza Arango Buitrago Athletics Women's 1500 metre - T11 September 17
 Bronze Weiner Javier Diaz Athletics Men's 400 metre - T38 September 17

Cycling

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

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

References

  1. ^ Carvajal, Estefanía (27 August 2016). "Este es Nelson Crispín, el abanderado de Colombia en los Juegos Paralímpicos" [Nelson Crispín, the flagbearer of Colombia at the Paralympics] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. ^ "OVERALL NUMBER OF ENTRIES BY NPC". myInfo+Plus. Atos. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Paralympic Medal Count | Colombia". Archived from the original on 2016-09-08.
  7. ^ "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  9. ^ "ITF announces singles entries for Rio 2016 Paralympics". ITF Tennis. June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
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