Slovenia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Slovenia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	SLO
NPC	Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia
Website	www.zsis.si
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	8 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 58th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 0 2
Summer Paralympics appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1960–1988)

Slovenia is scheduled to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports they qualified athletes in include shooting.

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]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Veselka Pevec Shooting Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 10 September  Silver Gorazd Tirsek Shooting Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 10 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Shooting 1 1 0 2 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 8 September 0 0 0 0 2 9 September 0 0 0 0 3 10 September 1 1 0 2 4 11 September 0 0 0 0 5 12 September 0 0 0 0 6 13 September 0 0 0 0 7 14 September 0 0 0 0 8 15 September 0 0 0 0 9 16 September 0 0 0 0 10 17 September 0 0 0 0 11 18 September 0 0 0 0 Total 1 1 0 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: Sport Men Women Total Athletics 1 0 1 Cycling 1 0 1 Paracanoeing 1 0 1 Shooting 3 1 4 Swimming 1 0 1 Total 7 1 8 Athletics Men's Road Events Athlete Events Final Time Rank Sandi Novak Marathon T11-12 3:02:36 8 Cycling Road Athlete Event Time Rank Primoz Jeralic Men's road race H5 1:54:42 10 Men's time trial H5 33:35.96 10 Paracanoeing Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Dejan Fabcic Men's KL2 48.131 3 QS 48.633 2 FA 47.420 6 Shooting The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Slovenia earned a pair of qualifying spot at this event in the R4 – 10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2 event as a result of the performances of Gorazd Francek Tirsek and Veselka Pevec.[4][5][6] The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was also available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Damjan Pavlin in the R5 – 10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2 event. Franc Pinter earned a second spot for Slovenia at this competition in the R7 – 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Men.[5][7] Athlete Event Qualification Final Score Rank Score Rank Franc Pinter Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 613.8 11 Did not advance Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 1122 18 Did not advance Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 626.6 29 Did not advance Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1 595.8 38 Did not advance Damjan Pavlin Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 Disqualified Did not advance Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 628.8 21 Did not advance Veselka Pevec Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 634.9 1 Q 211.0 Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 632.7 13 Did not advance Gorazd Tirsek Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 634.5 2 Q 210.8 Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 635.1 4 Q 104.1 7 Swimming Men Athlete Events Heats Final Time Rank Time Rank Darko Duric 50 m freestyle S4 N/A 41.21 4 100 m freestyle S4 1:28.26 4 Q 1:27.17 5 50 m butterfly S5 40.99 8 Q 40.92 8 See also Slovenia at the 2016 Summer Olympics References "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015. "Shooters from 28 countries claim 63 spots at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2015. "Shooting Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015. "Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015. "2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.