Uruguay at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Uruguay at the 2021 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	URU
NPC	Uruguayan Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors	2 in 2 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Uruguay competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

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]

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarter-final	Semi-final	First repechage round	Repechage semi-final	Final
		OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	Rank
Henry Borges	Men's 60 kg	Çiftçi  (TUR) L 001–010IPP	Did not advance					9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lucía Dabezies	Women's 50m freestyle S10	32.62	8	DNA	15
	Women's 100m breaststroke SB9	1:25.54	5	DNA	9

See also

• Uruguay at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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.