Sri Lanka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Sri Lanka at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
IPC code SRI
NPC National Federation of Sports for the Disabled
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors9 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Anil Prasanna Jayalath
Medals
Ranked 76th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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]

Contents

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

Disability classifications

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

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dinesh Priyantha Herath Athletics Men's Javelin F46 13 September

Archery

Sri Lanka has entered one archer. [1]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Sampath Bandara Megahamulea Men's individual recurve open 60812 QFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu  (CHN)
L 3–7		Did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

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

Men's Track
AthleteEventsHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Ajith Hettiarachchi 100 m T43-44 12.118Did not advance
200 m T43-44 24.586Did not advance
400 m T43-44 55.893 Q56.507
Upul Chuladasa 100 m T42 12.764 Q12.858
200 m T42 26.344 Q26.688
Anil Yodha Pedige 100 m T42 12.853 Q12.816
200 m T42 25.954 Q25.967
Upul Chuladasa
Sampath Bandara Megahamulea
Anil Yodha Pedige
Ajith Hettiarachchi 		4 × 100 m relay T42-47 —47.124
Men's Field
AthleteEventsResultRank
Anil Yodha Pedige Long Jump F42 5.615
Sampath Hettiarachchi Javelin F42-44 47.2212
Gamini Ekanayake Javelin F46 48.849
Dinesh Priyantha Herath 58.23Bronze medal icon.svg
Women's Track
AthleteEventsHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Amara Indumathi 200 m T45-47 27.554 Q27.546
400 m T45-47 1:02.073 Q1:01.745
Women's Field
AthleteEventsResultRank
Amara Indumathi Long Jump F45-47 4.0912

Wheelchair tennis

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]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Upali Rajakaruna Men's Singles Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee  (KOR)
W 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hewett  (GBR)
L 1–6, 2–6		Did not advance

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 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.
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