Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	TRI
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	3 in 2 sports
Medals Ranked 56th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
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Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

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. ^{[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]

Competitors

The following table lists Trinidad and Tobago's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Swimming	0	1	1
Total	1	2	3

Medalists

The following competitors from Trinidad and Tobago won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Akeem Stewart Athletics Men's Javelin F42-44 9 September  Silver Akeem Stewart Athletics Men's Discus F43-44 16 September  Bronze Nyoshia Cain Athletics Women's 100 m T43-44 17 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 1 1 1 3 Total 1 1 1 3 Medals by day Day Total September 9 1 0 0 1 September 16 0 1 0 1 September 17 0 0 1 1 Total 1 1 1 3

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men's Field

Athlete	Event	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Rank
Akeem Stewart	Discus F43-44	56.03	61.70	60.83	60.82	60.53	61.72	61.72
	Javelin F42-44	57.23	56.64	56.84	53.94	55.77	57.32	57.32WR

Women's Track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nyoshia Cain	100 m T43-44	13.32	2 Q	13.10
	200 m T43-44	Disqualified		did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shanntol Ince	50 m freestyle S9	33.38	21	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S9	1:12.41	23	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S9	5:31.06	17	did not advance
	100 m butterfly S9	1:20.12	19	did not advance

See also

• Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
2. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
3. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.