The 2016 Summer Paralympics, the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event. These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the paratriathlon.
Alison Yu Chui-yee is a wheelchair fencer from Hong Kong. When she was 11 years old, she had bone cancer, leading to the amputation of her left leg. She began as a swimmer but switched to fencing at the age of 17. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won four gold medals in both the individual and team events of épée and foil. She was the first athlete to win four gold medals in fencing in category A in 2004. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she represented Hong Kong again, but since the team matches were canceled, she only won one gold and one silver medal in the individual events.
The Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games was the organizing committee for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil. It was also known as the Rio 2016 Organising Committee or simply Rio 2016.
Roberto Marson was an Italian multisport athlete who competed at the Summer Paralympics on four occasions and won a total of 26 Paralympic medals. He lost the use of his legs when a pine tree he was chopping down fell on his back.
Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in the ExCeL from 4 September to 8 September 2012.
Brazil competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, as host country, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Piers Alexander Gilliver is a British wheelchair fencer, who competes in both épée and sabre. He is the 2020 Paralympic champion in the Individual Épée, A classification. He is the first British Paralympic champion in the sport since Carol Walton in 1988.
Rong Jing is a Paralympic fencer from China. She competed in three foil and épée events at the 2016 Paralympics and won a gold medal in each of them. She served as the flag bearer for China at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations. She won the silver medal in the women's épée A event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also won two gold medals in the women's team épée and the women's team foil.
Chan Yui-chong is a Hong Kong wheelchair fencer who has been part of the territory's team since 2002. She has competed for Hong Kong at the Summer Paralympics, the Asian Para Games and at the IWAS World Championships.
Saysunee Jana is a Thai wheelchair fencer. She became Thailand's first female Paralympic gold medalist when she won the Épée B event at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. She has won five gold, one silver, and four bronze medals in total from six appearances at the Paralympic Games.
Andrii Demchuk is a Ukrainian wheelchair fencer who competes in épée, foil and sabre. He represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and he won the gold medal in the men's sabre A event. He also represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Paralympics without winning a medal.
Andrei Pranevich is a Belarusian wheelchair fencer. He represented Belarus at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the gold medal in the men's épée B event.
Ammar Ali is an Iraqi wheelchair fencer. He represented Iraq at the Summer Paralympics in 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024. He won the silver medal in the men's épée B event in 2016 and a silver medal at the 2024 games in the épée team event.
Yevheniia Breus is a Ukrainian wheelchair fencer. She represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's épée A event. She also won the bronze medal in the women's sabre A event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Matteo Betti is an Italian wheelchair fencer. Born in Siena, he represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and he won the bronze medal in the men's épée A event in 2012.
Dariusz Pender is a Polish wheelchair fencer. In 2000, he won the gold medal in the men's épée individual A event at the 2000 Summer Paralympics held in Sydney, Australia. He also won the silver medal in the men's foil team event. Pender also won medals at the Summer Paralympics in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Romain Cannone is a French right-handed épée fencer, 2022 team world champion, 2022 individual world champion, and 2021 individual Olympic champion.
Olena Fedota-Isaieva is a Ukrainian épée and sabre wheelchair fencer. She is a Paralympian who won a silver medal at the 2020 games and two bronze medals at the 2024 games.
Amarilla Veres is a Hungarian wheelchair fencer. She won the gold medal in the women's épée A event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also won the bronze medal in the women's team épée event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Tam Chik Sum is a Hong Kong wheelchair fencer. He won the silver medal in the men's épée B event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, United Kingdom. He also competed in the men's sabre B event. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
