New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	NZL
NPC	Paralympics New Zealand
Website	paralympics.org.nz
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	31 in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Holly Robinson (opening) [1] Liam Malone (closing) [2]
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 9 Silver 5 Bronze 7 Total 21
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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.

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).

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Anna Grimaldi Athletics Women's long jump T47 8 September  Gold Mary Fisher Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S11 9 September  Gold Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S10 10 September  Gold Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley S10 11 September  Gold Cameron Leslie Swimming Men's 150 m individual medley SM4 12 September  Gold Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S10 12 September  Gold Liam Malone Athletics Men's 200 metres T44 12 September  Gold Nikita Howarth Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley S7 13 September  Gold Liam Malone Athletics Men's 400 metres T44 15 September  Silver Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S10 9 September  Silver Liam Malone Athletics Men's 100 metres T44 9 September  Silver Emma Foy Laura Thompson (pilot) Cycling Women's individual pursuit B 11 September  Silver Holly Robinson Athletics Women's javelin throw F46 13 September  Silver Sophie Pascoe Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S10 13 September  Bronze Rebecca Dubber Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S7 8 September  Bronze Rory McSweeney Athletics Men's javelin throw T44 9 September  Bronze Nikita Howarth Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly S7 12 September  Bronze Jess Hamill Athletics Women's shot put F34 14 September  Bronze William Stedman Athletics Men's 400 metres T36 16 September  Bronze Emma Foy Laura Thompson (pilot) Cycling Women's road race B 17 September  Bronze William Stedman Athletics Men's 800 metres T36 17 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 6 2 2 10 Athletics 3 2 4 9 Cycling 0 1 1 2 Total 9 5 7 21 Medals by date Date Total 8 September 1 0 1 2 9 September 1 2 1 4 10 September 1 0 0 1 11 September 1 1 0 2 12 September 3 0 1 4 13 September 1 2 0 3 14 September 0 0 1 1 15 September 1 0 0 1 16 September 0 0 1 1 17 September 0 0 2 2 Total 9 5 7 21 Medals by gender Gender Total Female 6 4 4 14 Male 3 1 3 7 Total 9 5 7 21

Delegation

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]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	4	8
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	3	3 (+2)	6 (+2)
Sailing	3	0	3
Shooting	3	0	3
Swimming	3	5	8
Total	17	12 (+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

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

• Note–Ranks given for preliminary rounds are within the athlete's heat only.
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
• DSQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic record
• WR = World record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anna Grimaldi	Women's 100 m T47	12.88	4 q	12.96	4
	Women's 200 m T47	DQ [lower-alpha 1]		did not advance
Liam Malone	Men's 100 m T44	10.90	1 Q	11.02
	Men's 200 m T44	21.33	1 Q	21.06 PR
	4Men's 00 m T44	48.34	2 Q	46.20 PR
William Stedman	Men's 400 m T36	—		55.69
	Men's 800 m T36	—		2:11.98
Jacob Phillips	Men's 100 m T35	14.27	4 q	14.14	8
	Men's 200 m T35	28.78	5 q	29.10	8

1. Finished third in heat, but was disqualified for a lane infringement ^[17]

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Caitlin Dore	Women's javelin throw F37	20.87	7
Anna Grimaldi	Women's long jump T47	5.62
Jess Hamill	Women's shot put F34	7.54
Rory McSweeney	Men's javelin throw F44	54.99
Holly Robinson	Women's javelin throw F46	41.22
William Stedman	Men's long jump T36	5.35	5

Canoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Scott Martlew	Men's 200 m KL3	46.024	4 SF	44.284	4 FA	43.921	8

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Stephen Hills	Road race T1/2	54:23	8
	Time trial T1/2	26:23.64	8
Fraser Sharp	Road race C1/2/3	1:51:48	11
	Time trial C3	42:20.07	8

Track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Byron Raubenheimer	1000 m time trial C4/5	—		1:08.819	11
	Individual pursuit C4	5:08.570	10	did not advance

Women

Road

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Amanda Cameron Hannah Van Kampen (pilot)	Road race B	2:07:41	11
	Time trial B	42:29.93	9
Emma Foy Laura Thompson (pilot)	Road race B	1:59:33
	Time trial B	39:45.87	4
Kate Horan	Time trial C4	33:32.37	8

Track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Amanda Cameron Hannah Van Kampen (pilot)	1000 m time trial B	—		1:11.737	6
	Individual pursuit B	3:33.298	4 q	LAP	4
Emma Foy Laura Thompson (pilot)	1000 m time trial B	—		1:10.187	4
	Individual pursuit B	3:28.563	2 Q	3:31.569
Kate Horan	500 m time trial C4/5	—		37.750	6
	Individual pursuit C4	4:02.608	3 q	4:04.437	4

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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]

Athlete	Event	Race											Points		Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Tot	Net
Richard Dodson Andrew May Chris Sharp	Three-person keelboat (Sonar)	8	1	6	4	6	4	8	8	11	4	2	62	51	4

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jason Eales	Mixed R5 – 10 m rifle prone SH2	631.1	17	did not advance
Michael Johnson	Mixed R4 – 10 m rifle standing SH2	633.4	4 Q	142.4	5
	Mixed R5 – 10 m rifle prone SH2	625.9	31	did not advance
Greg Reid	Mixed R3 – 10 m rifle prone SH1	632.5	7 Q	103.7	7
	Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1	596.1	37	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

• Note– Qualifiers for the finals (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore ranks shown are overall ranks versus competitors in all heats. Also, ranks shown for those who did not advance are their final ranks.
• PR = Paralympic record
• WR = World record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cameron Leslie	200 m freestyle S5	2:52.21	5 Q	2:52.10	8
	50 m backstroke S5	41.30	7 Q	42.26	8
	150 m individual medley SM4	2:29.36	1 Q	2:23.12 WR
Hamish McLean	50 m freestyle S6	34.81	19	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S6	1:15.30	17	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	5:22.88	6 Q	5:30.63	7
	200 m individual medley SM6	2:59.81	9	did not advance
Jesse Reynolds	400 m freestyle S9	4:35.04	10	did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	1:06.34	7 Q	1:05.57	7
	100 m butterfly S9	1:04.50	9 Q	1:04.31	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rebecca Dubber	100 m freestyle S7	1:18.85	9	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S7	—		5:31.53	4
	100 m backstroke S7	1:23.62	2 Q	1:23.85
Mary Fisher	50 m freestyle S11	31.35	3 Q	31.80	6
	100 m freestyle S11	1:11.85	5 Q	1:09.47	4
	400 m freestyle S11	5:33.64	4 Q	5:28.28	4
	100 m backstroke S11	1:18.68 PR	1 Q	1:17.96 WR
	200 m individual medley SM11	3:00.69	5 Q	2:55.71	6
Nikita Howarth	100 m backstroke S7	1:24.69	3 Q	1:25.37	6
	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:33.70	7 Q	1:31.11	7
	50 m butterfly S7	35.40	1 Q	35.97
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:58.82	1 Q	2:57.29
Tupou Neiufi	50 m freestyle S9	31.37	15	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S9	1:11.21	22	did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	1:15.68	8 Q	1:14.94	7
Sophie Pascoe	50 m freestyle S10	27.95	2 Q	27.72
	100 m freestyle S10	1:01.54	2 Q	59.85
	100 m backstroke S10	1:07.23	1 Q	1:07.04
	100 m butterfly S10	1:04.37 PR	1 Q	1:02.65 PR
	200 m individual medley SM10	2:27.44	1 Q	2:24.90 WR

See also

• New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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