New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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New Zealand at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Flag of New Zealand.svg
IPC code NZL
NPC Paralympics New Zealand
Website paralympics.org.nz
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors31 in 6 sports
Flag bearers Holly Robinson (opening) [1]
Liam Malone (closing) [2]
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
9
Silver
5
Bronze
7
Total
21
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

New Zealand competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics, having made its debut in 1968 and appeared in every edition since.

Contents

The 31-member delegation collected 21 medals at the Games: nine gold, five silver and seven bronze. This was the second-largest number of medals won by New Zealand behind the 1984 Games, while the number of gold medals achieved equalling the record of nine achieved at the 1996 Games. The medals won exceeded High Performance Sport New Zealand's target of 18 medals overall, but fell short of the second target of 12 gold medals. [3] Swimming and athletics dominated the medal tally with ten and nine medals respectively; the remaining two medals were both achieved in cycling.

Swimmer Sophie Pascoe achieved three gold medals and two silver medals, taking her total medal haul to nine golds and six silvers and overtaking Eve Rimmer to become New Zealand's most decorated Paralympian. [4] Her silver medal in the 50 m freestyle S10 is New Zealand's 200th overall Paralympic medal. [5] Fellow swimmers Mary Fisher, Nikita Howarth and Cameron Leslie won single gold medals, with Leslie completing a hat-trick with his third consecutive gold medal in the 150 m individual medley SM4. Sprinter Liam Malone won gold medals in the 200 m and 400 m T44 events, while fellow athlete Anna Grimaldi won the gold medal in the long jump T47.

Medallists

Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are in Brasília time (UTC−3), fifteen hours behind New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12).

Delegation

The New Zealand team and officials with Governor General Jerry Mateparae at the official presentation of the team, 19 July 2016. GGNZ Official Presentation of the Rio 2016 NZ Paralympics Team.jpg
The New Zealand team and officials with Governor General Jerry Mateparae at the official presentation of the team, 19 July 2016.

Paralympics New Zealand confirmed a team of 29 athletes, 17 male and 14 female, and two cycling pilots (both female) to compete in six sports. [6] Ten competitors had attended previous Paralympic games, with the remaining 21 made their Paralympics debut. Returning gold medallists included swimmers Mary Fisher, Cameron Leslie and Sophie Pascoe, sports shooter Michael Johnson, and tandem cycling pilot Laura Thompson. Javelin thrower Holly Robinson, ranked number one in the world entering the games, was selected as the country's flagbearer for the opening ceremony. [1] [7]

The median age of the New Zealand delegation was 25 years. Fifteen-year-old swimmer Tupou Neiufi was New Zealand's youngest competitor, while 58-year-old sailor Chris Sharp was the oldest competitor. [8]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 448
Canoeing 101
Cycling 33 (+2)6 (+2)
Sailing 303
Shooting 303
Swimming 358
Total1712 (+2)29 (+2)

Support staff and officials

Retired wheelchair racer Ben Lucas was appointed New Zealand's chef de mission for the 2016 Paralympic Games. Lucas had previously represented New Zealand as an athlete at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, and the 1996 and 2000 Summer Paralympics. [9]

The New Zealand delegation also included Doping Control Officer Daniel Mulholland from Upper Hutt. He was the only representative from Drug Free Sport NZ in Rio. [10]

Funding

High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) invested $12.7 million in Paralympic sports and athletes over the 2013–16 funding cycle, of which $7.5 million was core funding to national sports organisations and Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) while the remaining $5.2 million was mainly in the form of grants and tertiary scholarships to individual athletes. These totals include funding for non-Paralympic events such as world championships as well as the 2014 Winter Paralympics. [11] [12]

Media coverage

Attitude Pictures and Television New Zealand hold the New Zealand coverage rights for the 2016 Paralympics. Live and delayed coverage screened on TVNZ's Duke channel, with a daily highlights show on TV One and on-demand highlights through TVNZ on Demand and Attitude Live. [13]

Athletics

New Zealand achieved two silver medals at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, earning the nation two qualification slots at the Rio Paralympics. [14]

Paralympics New Zealand confirmed a team of six track and field athletes on 23 May 2016, [15] with an additional two athletes named on 7 July 2016. [16]

Key

Track

AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Anna Grimaldi Women's 100 m T47 12.884 q12.964
Women's 200 m T47 DQ [lower-alpha 1] did not advance
Liam Malone Men's 100 m T44 10.901 Q11.02Silver medal icon.svg
Men's 200 m T44 21.331 Q21.06 PRGold medal icon.svg
4Men's 00 m T44 48.342 Q46.20 PRGold medal icon.svg
William Stedman Men's 400 m T36 55.69Bronze medal icon.svg
Men's 800 m T36 2:11.98Bronze medal icon.svg
Jacob Phillips Men's 100 m T35 14.274 q14.148
Men's 200 m T35 28.785 q29.108
  1. Finished third in heat, but was disqualified for a lane infringement [17]

Field

AthleteEventFinal
DistancePosition
Caitlin Dore Women's javelin throw F37 20.877
Anna Grimaldi Women's long jump T47 5.62Gold medal icon.svg
Jess Hamill Women's shot put F34 7.54Bronze medal icon.svg
Rory McSweeney Men's javelin throw F44 54.99Bronze medal icon.svg
Holly Robinson Women's javelin throw F46 41.22Silver medal icon.svg
William Stedman Men's long jump T36 5.355

Canoeing

New Zealand was awarded a slot in the para-canoe competitionas a result of the IPC reallocating slots from the banned Russian delegation. [6]

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Scott Martlew Men's 200 m KL346.0244 SF44.2844 FA43.9218

Cycling

New Zealand cyclists riding outside the Paralympic venues before the Rio Games. Outside Paralympic area for 2016 Games 05.jpg
New Zealand cyclists riding outside the Paralympic venues before the Rio Games.

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, New Zealand qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements. [18] [19] Paralympics New Zealand confirmed seven cyclists, including two sighted pilots, on 9 May 2016. The team includes sighted pilot Laura Thompson, who won three medals with Phillipa Gray in 2012, and 2008 athletics silver medallist turned cyclist Kate Horan. [20] An eighth cyclist, Fraser Sharp, was added to the team on 30 August 2016 as a result of the IPC reallocating slots from the banned Russian delegation. [6]

Men
Road
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Stephen Hills Road race T1/2 54:238
Time trial T1/2 26:23.648
Fraser Sharp Road race C1/2/3 1:51:4811
Time trial C3 42:20.078
Track
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Byron Raubenheimer 1000 m time trial C4/5 1:08.81911
Individual pursuit C4 5:08.57010did not advance
Women
Road
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Amanda Cameron
Hannah Van Kampen (pilot)
Road race B 2:07:4111
Time trial B 42:29.939
Emma Foy
Laura Thompson (pilot)
Road race B 1:59:33Bronze medal icon.svg
Time trial B 39:45.874
Kate Horan Time trial C4 33:32.378
Track
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Amanda Cameron
Hannah Van Kampen (pilot)
1000 m time trial B 1:11.7376
Individual pursuit B 3:33.2984 qLAP4
Emma Foy
Laura Thompson (pilot)
1000 m time trial B 1:10.1874
Individual pursuit B 3:28.5632 Q3:31.569Silver medal icon.svg
Kate Horan 500 m time trial C4/5 37.7506
Individual pursuit C4 4:02.6083 q4:04.4374

Sailing

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. New Zealand qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the Sonar event with an eighth-place finish overall and the third country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. [21] [22] [23] They qualified a second boat in the SKUD 18 event with a twelfth-place finish overall and the fourth country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Tim Dempsey and Gemma Fletcher. [21] [23] [24]

Paralympics New Zealand announce the first three sailors to compete in the Sonar keelboat on 3 March 2016. [25]

AthleteEventRacePointsRank
12345678910M*TotNet
Richard Dodson
Andrew May
Chris Sharp
Three-person keelboat (Sonar)81646488114262514

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. New Zealand earned a qualifying spot at this competition in the R5 – 10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2 event as a result of the performance of Michael Johnson. [26] [27] [28]

The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Jason Eales earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R5- Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 event. [27] [29]

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Greg Reid earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event. [27] [30]

Paralympics New Zealand confirmed Michael Johnson, Jason Eales and Greg Reid to compete at the Games on 14 June 2016. [31]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Jason Eales Mixed R5 – 10 m rifle prone SH2 631.117did not advance
Michael Johnson Mixed R4 – 10 m rifle standing SH2 633.44 Q142.45
Mixed R5 – 10 m rifle prone SH2 625.931did not advance
Greg Reid Mixed R3 – 10 m rifle prone SH1 632.57 Q103.77
Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1 596.137did not advance

Swimming

Swimming got a bump in funding through their NPC and the national swimming federation to help with New Zealand swimming readiness in Rio. [32]

The top two swimmers in each event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow earned a qualification slot for their NPC at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Five swimmers earned fourteen gold and silver medals for New Zealand, earning the nation five qualification slots. [33] [34]

Paralympics New Zealand confirmed a team of seven swimmers on 5 May 2016. The team includes three 2012 gold medalists: Mary Fisher, Cameron Leslie and Sophie Pascoe. [35] On 13 May 2016, an eighth swimmer, Hamish McLean, was added to the team. [36] Tupou Neiufi was added to the team on 9 August 2016 after Bryall McPherson withdrew from participation due to illness and injury. [37] [38]

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Cameron Leslie 200 m freestyle S5 2:52.215 Q2:52.108
50 m backstroke S5 41.307 Q42.268
150 m individual medley SM4 2:29.361 Q2:23.12 WRGold medal icon.svg
Hamish McLean 50 m freestyle S6 34.8119did not advance
100 m freestyle S6 1:15.3017did not advance
400 m freestyle S6 5:22.886 Q5:30.637
200 m individual medley SM6 2:59.819did not advance
Jesse Reynolds 400 m freestyle S9 4:35.0410did not advance
100 m backstroke S9 1:06.347 Q1:05.577
100 m butterfly S9 1:04.509 Q1:04.318
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Rebecca Dubber 100 m freestyle S7 1:18.859did not advance
400 m freestyle S7 5:31.534
100 m backstroke S7 1:23.622 Q1:23.85Bronze medal icon.svg
Mary Fisher 50 m freestyle S11 31.353 Q31.806
100 m freestyle S11 1:11.855 Q1:09.474
400 m freestyle S11 5:33.644 Q5:28.284
100 m backstroke S11 1:18.68 PR1 Q1:17.96 WRGold medal icon.svg
200 m individual medley SM11 3:00.695 Q2:55.716
Nikita Howarth 100 m backstroke S7 1:24.693 Q1:25.376
100 m breaststroke SB8 1:33.707 Q1:31.117
50 m butterfly S7 35.401 Q35.97Bronze medal icon.svg
200 m individual medley SM7 2:58.821 Q2:57.29Gold medal icon.svg
Tupou Neiufi 50 m freestyle S9 31.3715did not advance
100 m freestyle S9 1:11.2122did not advance
100 m backstroke S9 1:15.688 Q1:14.947
Sophie Pascoe 50 m freestyle S10 27.952 Q27.72Silver medal icon.svg
100 m freestyle S10 1:01.542 Q59.85Silver medal icon.svg
100 m backstroke S10 1:07.231 Q1:07.04Gold medal icon.svg
100 m butterfly S10 1:04.37 PR1 Q1:02.65 PRGold medal icon.svg
200 m individual medley SM10 2:27.441 Q2:24.90 WRGold medal icon.svg

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