| Chinese Taipei at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | TPE |
| NPC | Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 13 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Lin Tzu-hui [1] |
| Medals Ranked 68th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Chinese Taipei competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Chinese Taipei sent a team of 13 athletes, 5 men and 8 women, and 4 officials to the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [2] They competed archery, athletics, judo, powerlifting, table tennis and wheelchair tennis. [3] [4]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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 Silver | Cheng Ming-chih Lin Yen-hung | Table tennis | Men's team – Class 4–5 | 16 September |
 Bronze | Tzu-Hui Lin | Powerlifting | Women's 79 kg | 12 September |
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. [5] [6] 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. [7]
Lee Yun-hsien finished second at the 2016 Final Paralympic Qualifying Tournament held in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, securing a place in the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [8] Paralympic record holder Tseng Lung-hui, who placed sixth in the tournament, also secured a ticket to the competition. [9] The pair also qualified for the mixed team recurve open event.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
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| Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| Tseng Lung-hui | Men's individual recurve | 611 | 10 |  Lukow (USA)(23)W 6–0 | Bennett (USA)(7) L 4–6 | did not advance | 9 | ||
| Lee Yun-hsien | Women's individual recurve | 550 | 21 |  Melle (LAT)(12)L 5–6 | did not advance | 17 | |||
| Lee Yun-hsien Tseng Lung-hui | Mixed team recurve | 1161 | 9 | — |  Great Britain (8)L 2–6 | did not advance | 9 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Seminfinals | Final | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Yang Chuan-hui | Men's 100m T11 | 11.93 SB | 4 | did not advance | |||
Liu Ya-ting, aged 25, competed in the Games for the second time. She set a new Paralympic record at the women's F13 javelin throw event in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank |
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| Yang Chuan-hui | Men's Long Jump T11 | 6.12 | 4 |
| Liu Ya-ting | Women's Shot Put F11–12 | 10.32 | 10 |
| Women's Javelin Throw F12–13 | 35.18 | 5 |
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, Chinese Taipei qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements. [10] [11]
Runner-up from the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Lee Kai-lin was qualified to compete in the women's 48 kg weight class by virtue of her IBSF world ranking as of May 2016. [12] She finished fifth in the event.
| Athlete | Event | Seed | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | ||
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| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Chang You | Men's –60kg | 10 |  Borges (URU)(8)L 000–102 | did not advance | 9 | ||||
| Lee Kai-lin | Women's –48kg | 2 | — |  Gomez (ARG)(6)W 100–000 |  Li L (CHN)(4)L 0001–000 | — | BYE |  Tasin (TUR)(7)L 010–002 | 5 |
Five-time Paralympian and three-time Paralympic medalist, Lin Tzu-hui seeks to defend her title in the women's 79 kg weight class. Lin was entered into the competition by virtue of her world ranking as of April 2016. [13] Lin Ya-hsuan will also compete in the Paralympics for the fourth consecutive time. The best outcome out of three attempts counted as the final results. The athlete who placed first in each event was allowed a fourth attempt to break the Paralympic or world record.
| Athlete | Event | Body weight (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Result (kg) | Place | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Lin Ya-hsuan | Women's –61 kg | 57.83 | 78.0 | – | 78.0 | 7 | ||
| Lin Tzu-hui | Women's –79 kg | 77.50 | 125.0 | 131.0 | – | 131.0 | | |
Three-time Paralympic medalist Wei Mei-hui is set to attend the competition for the fifth consecutive time. [14] Lin Yen-hung, aged 58, is the oldest athlete among the delegates.
| Athlete | Event | Seed | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Cheng Ming-chih | Men's C5 | 3 | Depergola (ARG)(15) W 3–0 |  Palikuća (SRB)(6)W 3–1 | 1 Q | BYE |  Urhaug (NOR)(5)L 1–3 | did not advance | 5 | |
| Lin Yen-hung | 9 | Öztürk (TUR)(2) W 3–2 |  Tolba (EGY)(12)L 1–3 | 2 Q |  Segatto (BRA)(13)W 3–2 | Cao N (CHN)(1) L 0–3 | 5 | |||
| Lu Pi-chun | Women's C4 | 11 | Zhang M (CHN)(3) L 0–3 | Gilroy (GBR)(6) L 2–3 | 3 | — | did not advance | 9 | ||
| Wei Mei-hui | Women's C5 | 8 | Gu (CHN)(2) L 0–3 |  Obiora (NGR)(9)L 2–3 | 3 | 9 | ||||
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| Cheng Ming-chih Lin Yen-hung | Men's C4-5 | 11 | Argentina (ARG)(6) W 2–0 |  France (FRA)(3)W 2–0 | Turkey (TUR)(2) W 2–0 |  South Korea (KOR)(1)L 1–2 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lu Pi-chun Wei Mei-hui | Women's C4-5 | 6 | bye | Serbia (SRB)(3) L 0–2 | did not advance | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Following the suspension of the Russian Paralympic team, a slot was subsequently redistributed to Lu Chia-yi, marking the first time since 2004 for which Chinese Taipei competed in Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics. [15]
| Athlete | Event | Seed | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Lu Chia-yi | Women's singles | 31 |  Cabrillana (CHI)(23)L 4–6, 3–6 | did not advance | ||||
Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed, under the name Great Britain, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places for which the team qualified were for six athletes in sailing events.
France competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in sailing events.
Germany competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in sailing events. They also qualified athletes in archery, cycling, equestrian, paracanoeing, paratriathlon, rowing and wheelchair basketball.
Greece competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for three athletes in sailing events.
Chinese Taipei competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. "Chinese Taipei" is the designated name used by Taiwan to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, including the Olympic Games. Neither the common name "Taiwan" nor the official name "Republic of China" would be used due primarily to opposition from the People's Republic of China. This was also the region's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Thailand competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held between 10 and 17 September 2016 at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí in the Maracana zone of Rio de Janeiro, and consisted of nine events. The make up of those events changed substantially from the 2012 games, and consisted of three men's events, three women's events and three events for mixed gender teams. Men, women and mixed teams each competed in two events for compound bow, one for wheelchair athletes, the other open, and an open event for recurve bow, the bow used for all Olympic events.
Iran competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
China has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports China competed in include blind football, archery, boccia, cycling, goalball, judo, paracanoeing, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.
Brazil competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, as host country, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Turkey has qualified send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports the country qualified to compete in include 5-a-side football, archery, goalball and wheelchair basketball.
South Korea competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Latvia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They won four medals; two gold and two bronze. It was their most successful paralympic games to date.
Poland competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Slovakia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Switzerland competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Argentina competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Wheelchair tennis player Gustavo Fernandez has been chosen to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.
Colombia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Bulgaria competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Chile competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
