Philippines at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Philippines at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Philippine Sports Association of the Differently Abled (PHILSPADA)
in Beijing
Competitors3 in 2 sports
Flag bearers Adeline Dumapong (opening)[1]
Pedro Sollique (closing)[2]
Medals
Ranked -th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Paralympics appearances (
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    • Three athletes represented the

    PhilSPADA-NPC, with support from the Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine Olympic Committee
    .

    Powerlifting

    Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
    Women
    Athlete Event Result Rank
    Adeline Dumapong +82.5 kg Did not start

    Sailing

    Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
    The SKUD 18 - a highly technical, high performance keelboat. Photo: Jackie Kay, Sailability World. Boat Designers: Chris Mitchell and Julian Bethwaite

    The Philippines first Paralympic Sailing Team competed on the 2-person

    Paralympics. The only Paralympic class keelboat with a spinnaker, was, for this event, emblazoned with the national flag of each country. Pedro Sollique, paraw fisherman from Virac, Catanduanes was SKUD helm while crew Cherry Pinpin, a creative director from Quezon City trimmed sails and flew the spinnaker
    . The Philippine flag spinnaker was a generous, timely donation by an anonymous Australian businessman.

    The Sailing competition of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

    Tsingtao Beer
    , seafood and white sand beaches, is an hour's flight SE of Beijing. The rest of the Qingdao-based team was composed of Philippine Sailing Association National Coach Rico Albeso plus PHI Sailing team manager and Sailability Philippines President, Claudio Altura.

    The sailors had qualified the Philippines for the Summer Paralympics during the IFDS Two-Person Keelboat World Championship held March 2008, in Singapore. The SKUD 18 has already been approved for competition in the London 2012 Paralympics.

    Athlete Position Event Race Score Rank
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
    Pedro Sollique
    Cherry Pinpin
    		 helm
    crew     		2-person keelboat
    (SKUD18)         		11 11 10 11 11 10 11 10 11 10 CAN 84 11

    Note: CAN - Race cancelled • Races Sailed: 10 • Score Discards: 2 • Races counted: 8

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers' List, International Paralympic Committee, September 6, 2008.
    2. ^ Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers' List, International Paralympic Committee, September 17, 2008.
    3. ^ "National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition" Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, International Association for Disabled Sailing, July 16, 2008
    4. ^ Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games: Powerlifting
    5. ^ "Schedules and Results - Sailing". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-09-19.

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