Colombia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Colombia at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code COL
NPC Colombian Paralympic Committee
Website www.comiteparalimpicocolombiano.org
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 39 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Nelson Crispín[1]
Medals
Ranked 37th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
2 5 10 17
Summer Paralympics appearances

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

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.[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

Medal[6] Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Carlos Serrano Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB7September 10
 Gold Mauricio Valencia Athletics Men's javelin throw F34September 15
 Silver Nelson Crispin Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S6September 10
 Silver 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 Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S7 September 16
 Silver Nestor Crispin Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S6 September 17
 Bronze Martha Hernández Athletics Women's 100 metre T36 September 9
 Bronze Carlos Serrano Swimming Men's 50 metre Butterfly S7September 9
 Bronze Diego Dueñas Cycling Men's individual pursuit C4September 10
 Bronze Edwin Matiz Cycling Men's individual pursuit C5September 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 Athletics Women's 1500 metre - T11 September 17
 Bronze Weiner Javier Diaz Athletics Men's 400 metre - T38 September 17

Cycling

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

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. "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. (subscription required (help)).
  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".
  7. ↑ "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. 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. ITF Tennis. June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
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