Uruguay at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Uruguay at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Uruguay.svg
IPC code URU
NPC Uruguayan Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors4 in 4 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Uruguay competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They are scheduled to compete in the sport of equestrian.

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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]

Olympic diplomas

NameSportEventRankDate
Henry Borges| Judo Men's −60 kg 58 September
Alfonsina Maldonado Equestrian Individual championship test grade IV 88 September

Athletics

Men's Track
AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eduardo Dutra 100 m T54 16.765Did not advance
400 m T54 57.087Did not advance

Equestrian

Uruguay have been awarded a single place in the equestrian dressage events through the Bipartite Commission Invitation Allocation. The invitation was to Alfonsina Maldonado. [4]

AthleteHorseEventTotal
ScoreRank
Alfonsina Maldonado Da Vinci Individual championship test grade IV 59.8578

Judo

AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage
First round
Repechage
Final
Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Henry Borges Men's −60 kg Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Chang  (TPE)
W 102–000
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Namozov  (UZB)
L 001–111
Did not advanceByeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Sariyev  (KAZ)
W 100–000
Flag of Romania.svg  Bologa  (ROU)
L 000–100
5

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventsHeatsFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Gonzalo Dutra 100 m freestyle S10 58.1517Did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB9 1:18.1014Did 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.
  4. "EQUESTRIAN" (PDF). FEI. International Paralympic Committee. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.