Georgia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Georgia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Georgia
IPC code	GEO
NPC	Georgian Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	5 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 60th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Paralympics appearances
2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)

Georgia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

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. ^{[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]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Zviad Gogotchuri	Judo	Men's −90 kg	10 September

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Vano Tsiklauri	Men's individual Recurve open	435	33	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zviad Gogotchuri	Men's −90 kg	Bye	Lencina  (ARG) W 100–000	Crockett  (USA) W 101–000	N/A		Nazarenko  (UKR) W 100–000

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Akaki Jintcharadze	Men's −97 kg	155	9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lia Chachibaia	100 m breaststroke SB8	2:02.60	9	Did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/BM
		Opposition	Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Irma Khetsuriani	Individual Foil B	Makrytskaya  (BLR)	L 2-5	4 Q	Chan  (HKG) L 5-15	Did not advance
		Yao  (CHN)	L 3-5
		Vio  (ITA)	L 0-5
		Chung  (HKG)	W 5-4
		Briese-Baetke  (GER)	W 5-2

See also

• Georgia 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.