Bahrain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Bahrain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	BRN
NPC	Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	2 in 1 sports
Medals Ranked 60th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 0 1
Summer Paralympics appearances
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Bahrain is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

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]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Fatema Nedham	Athletics	Women’s Shot Put F53	000000002016-09-12-000012 September

Delegation

The country sent a team of 2 athletes, both 2 women, to the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[4] Both competed in athletics.^[5]

Athletics

Women's Field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Fatema Nedham	Shot Put F53	4.76	01 !
Rooba Alomari	Discus F54-55	18.26	7

See also

• Bahrain at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References