| Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | LTU |
| NPC | Lithuanian Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 13 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Edgaras Matakas (opening) |
| Medals Ranked 44th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Soviet Union (1988) | |
Lithuania competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They won three medals, two golds and one silver.
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]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Mindaugas Bilius | Athletics | Men's shot put F37 | 14 September |
| Gold | Lithuania men's national goalball team | Goalball | Men's tournament | 16 September |
 Silver | Mindaugas Bilius | Athletics | Men's discus throw F37 | 8 September |
| Medals by sport | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | | |  | Total | ||
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Goalball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ramunė Adomaitienė | Women's long jump T38 | — | 4.52 | 4 | |
| Mindaugas Bilius | Men's discus throw F37 | — | 53.50 | | |
| Men's shot put F37 | — | 16.80 | | ||
| Kęstutis Skučas | Men's 100 m T52 | 21.03 | 7 | Did not advance | |
| Men's discus throw F52 | — | 17.08 | 4 | ||
| Jonas Spudis | Men's javelin throw F44 | — | 50.79 | 10 | |
Key:
| Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Lithuania men's | Men's tournament |  Finland W 13–6 |  United States W 8–7 |  China W 3–1 |  Turkey W 5–3 | 1 |  Canada W 5–4 |  Sweden W 7–2 | United States W 14–8 | |
Lithuania's men enter the tournament ranked 1st in the world. [4]
The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [5]
| No. | Player | Class | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nerijus Montvydas | B1 | 21 January 1985 (aged 31) |
| 3 | Justas Pazarauskas | B1 | 15 December 1991 (aged 24) |
| 5 | Mantas Brazauskis | B2 | 15 June 1990 (aged 26) |
| 6 | Mantas Panovas | B2 | 20 August 1989 (aged 27) |
| 7 | Genrik Pavliukianec | B1 | 17 June 1976 (aged 40) |
| 9 | Mindaugas Suchovejus | B1 | 2 April 1988 (aged 28) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | China | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Finland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 3 |
| 8 September 2016 17:30 | Finland | 6–13 | Lithuania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| Miinala 3 Mattila 1 Posio 1 Honkanen 1 | Report | Pavliukianec 7 Pažarauskas 5 Panovas 1 | ||
| 10 September 2016 13:15 | Lithuania | 8–7 | United States | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP) Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| Pavliukianec 6 Pazarauskas 2 | Report | Hamilton 5 Merren 2 | ||
| 12 September 2016 14:15 | Lithuania | 3–1 | China | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Joelle Boulet (CAN) |
| Pavliukianec 2 Pazarauskas 1 | Report | Chen 1 | ||
| 13 September 2016 20:45 | Turkey | 3–5 | Lithuania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| Karakaya 2 Gundogdu 1 | Report | Panovas 2 Pavliukianec 1 Pazarauskas 1 Montvydas 1 | ||
| 14 September 2016 18:00 | Lithuania | 5–4 | Canada | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| Pazarauskas 3 Pavliukianec 2 | Report | Ripley 2 Hache 1 Nesbitt 1 | ||
| 15 September 2016 18:30 | Lithuania | 7–2 | Sweden | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP) |
| Pavliukianec 5 Pazarauskas 2 | Report | Seremeti 1 Weichel 1 | ||
| 16 September 2016 20:00 | United States | 8–14 | Lithuania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| Simpson 4 Hamilton 1 Jenks 1 Merren 1 Walker 1 | Report | Pavliukianec 8 Pazarauskas 6 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze medal | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Osvaldas Bareikis | Men's 66 kg |  Falcon (VEN)W 000–000 |  Khorava (UKR)L 000–100 | Did not advance |  Perez Diaz (CUB)W 001–000 |  Fujimoto (JPN)L 000–000 | Did not advance | 4 |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Augustas Navickas [6] | Men's single sculls | 5:10.24 | 4 R | 5:13.07 | 5FB | 5:10.21 | 10 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Edgaras Matakas | 50 m freestyle S11 | 27.86 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle S11 | 1:06.09 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
| 400 m freestyle S11 | — | 5:30.66 | 8 | ||
China women's national goalball team is the women's national team of China. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.
Israel women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Israel. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.
Russia women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Russia. It takes part in international goalball competitions. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.
Canada competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
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.
Sweden is competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. They won ten medals; one gold, four silver and five bronze.
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.
Japan competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The country qualified athletes in cycling, goalball, judo, sailing, and wheelchair basketball.
Brazil competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, as host country, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Ukraine competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Finland competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. They earned three medals, one gold, one silver and one bronze.
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.
Algeria competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Hungary competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Mexico participated at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The country sent a 71-member delegation to the Games.
Israel competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They are scheduled to compete in sailing, cycling, shooting, and rowing.
Morocco competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
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China men's national goalball team is the men's national team of China. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.
Lithuania men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Lithuania. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. It takes part in international competitions.
