Costa Rica at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Costa Rica at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	CRC
NPC	Comite Paralimpico de Costa Rica
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	3 in 3 sports
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer Paralympics appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Costa Rica is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

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.^[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]

Athletics

Men's Road

Athlete	Events	Final
		Time	Rank
Jose Jimenez Hernandez	Marathon T52-54	1:35:58	15

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, Costa Rica qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.^[4][5]

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Leonel Solis	Men's road time trial C4	44:35.46	13
	Men's road race C4-5	2:30:09	18

Swimming

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Camila Haase Quiros	100 m backstroke S9	1:23.12	16	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:39.99	8 Q	1:41.17	8
	100 m butterfly S9	1:24.46	20	Did not advance

See also

• Costa Rica at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
2. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
3. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
4. "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
5. "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.