Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Trinidad and Tobago at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg
IPC code TRI
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors3 in 2 sports
Medals
Ranked 56th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

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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. [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.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Swimming 011
Total123

Medalists

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

Athletics

Men's Field
AthleteEvent#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultRank
Akeem Stewart Discus F43-44 56.0361.7060.8360.8260.5361.7261.72Silver medal icon.svg
Javelin F42-44 57.2356.6456.8453.9455.7757.3257.32WRGold medal icon.svg
Women's Track
AthleteEventsHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Nyoshia Cain 100 m T43-44 13.322 Q13.10Bronze medal icon.svg
200 m T43-44 Disqualifieddid not advance

Swimming

Women
AthleteEventsHeatsFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Shanntol Ince 50 m freestyle S9 33.3821did not advance
100 m freestyle S9 1:12.4123did not advance
400 m freestyle S9 5:31.0617did not advance
100 m butterfly S9 1:20.1219did not advance

See also

References

  1. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on September 12, 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.