Hungary at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Hungary at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Hungary.svg
IPC code HUN
NPC Hungarian Paralympic Committee
Website www.hparalimpia.hu
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors43 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Gitta Ráczkó
Medals
Ranked 47th
Gold
1
Silver
8
Bronze
9
Total
18
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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

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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]

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Tamás Tóth Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S9 16 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ilona Biacsi Athletics Women's 1500 m T20 16 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Róbert Suba Paracanoeing Men's KL1 15 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tamás Sors Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM9 11 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S10 10 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver András Csonka Table tennis Men's individual class 8 16 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Richárd Osváth Wheelchair fencing Men's foil A 14 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Richárd Osváth Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre A 14 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gyöngyi Dani
Éva Hajmási
Zsuzsanna Krajnyák
Wheelchair fencing Women's team foil 15 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nándor Tunkel Powerlifting Men's 49 kg 8 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tamás Tóth Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S9 12 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tamás Sors Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S9 11 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Zsolt Vereczkei Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke S5 16 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Zsófia Konkoly Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S9 15 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley S10 11 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Péter Pálos Table tennis Men's individual class 11 12 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Zsuzsanna Krajnyák Wheelchair fencing Women's foil A 14 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Gyöngyi Dani
Zsuzsanna Krajnyák
Amarilla Veres
Wheelchair fencing Women's team épée 16 September

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

Judo

With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, Hungary earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Nikolett Szabó in the women's -70 kg event. The B2 Judoka finished first in her class. [6] [7]

Paracanoeing

Germany earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Anita Váczi earned the spot for Germany after finishing fifth in the women's KL1 event. [8] [9]

Powerlifting

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György Sztanó

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. Hungary earned a qualifying spot at this event in the P2 – 10m Air Pistol Women SH1 event as a result of Krisztina Dávid winning a silver medal. [10] [11] [12]

Table tennis

Wheelchair tennis

Hungary qualified one competitor in the men's single event, Roland Németh. This slot was a result of a Bipartite Commission Invitation place. [13]

See also

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