Colombia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Disability sport classification

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

Main article: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal [6]	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Carlos Serrano Zárate	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB7	September 10
Gold	Mauricio Valencia	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F34	September 15
Silver	Nelson Crispin	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle S6	September 10
Silver	Luis 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 Zárate	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle S7	September 16
Silver	Nelson Crispin	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle S6	September 17
Bronze	Martha Hernández	Athletics	Women's 100 metre T36	September 9
Bronze	Carlos Serrano Zárate	Swimming	Men's 50 metre Butterfly S7	September 9
Bronze	Diego Dueñas	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C4	September 10
Bronze	Edwin Fabián Mátiz Ruiz	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C5	September 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 Buitrago	Athletics	Women's 1500 metre - T11	September 17
Bronze	Weiner Javier Diaz	Athletics	Men's 400 metre - T38	September 17

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

• Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. Carvajal, Estefanía (27 August 2016). "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.
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". Archived from the original on 2016-09-08.
7. "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. 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. June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.