Sri Lanka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Sri Lanka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	SRI
NPC	National Federation of Sports for the Disabled
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	9 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Anil Prasanna Jayalath
Medals Ranked 76th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Sri Lanka competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The Sri Lankan team consisted of nine athletes in three sports. ^[1]

Track and field athlete Anil Prasanna Jayalath was the flagbearer for the country during the opening ceremony. ^[2]

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

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. ^{[3] [4]} 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. ^[5]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Dinesh Priyantha Herath	Athletics	Men's Javelin F46	13 September

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Sri Lanka has entered one archer. ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sampath Bandara Megahamulea	Men's individual recurve open	608	12 Q	Yu  (CHN) L 3–7	Did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Sri Lanka has qualified five athletes so far. ^[6]

Men's Track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ajith Hettiarachchi	100 m T43-44	12.11	8	Did not advance
	200 m T43-44	24.58	6	Did not advance
	400 m T43-44	55.89	3 Q	56.50	7
Upul Chuladasa	100 m T42	12.76	4 Q	12.85	8
	200 m T42	26.34	4 Q	26.68	8
Anil Yodha Pedige	100 m T42	12.85	3 Q	12.81	6
	200 m T42	25.95	4 Q	25.96	7
Upul Chuladasa Sampath Bandara Megahamulea Anil Yodha Pedige Ajith Hettiarachchi	4 × 100 m relay T42-47	—		47.12	4

Men's Field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Anil Yodha Pedige	Long Jump F42	5.61	5
Sampath Hettiarachchi	Javelin F42-44	47.22	12
Gamini Ekanayake	Javelin F46	48.84	9
Dinesh Priyantha Herath		58.23

Women's Track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amara Indumathi	200 m T45-47	27.55	4 Q	27.54	6
	400 m T45-47	1:02.07	3 Q	1:01.74	5

Women's Field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Amara Indumathi	Long Jump F45-47	4.09	12

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Sri Lanka qualified one competitor in the men's single event as a result of a Bipartite Commission Invitation place. The player invited was Upali Rajakaruna. ^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Upali Rajakaruna	Men's Singles	Lee  (KOR) W 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1	Hewett  (GBR) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance

See also

• Sri Lanka at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "9-man Sri Lanka Paralympians take wing to Rio". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
2. "Full list of flag bearers for opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". www.rio2016.com/. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
3. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on September 12, 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
4. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
5. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
6. Wijewickrama, Navod (16 March 2016). "Five qualify for Paralympics". theprepare.com. Dialog. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
7. "ITF announces singles entries for Rio 2016 Paralympics". ITF Tennis. June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.