Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	VEN
NPC	Comité Paralimpico Venezolano
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	24 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Sol Rojas
Medals Ranked 65th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 3 3 6
Summer Paralympics appearances
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date 02 ! Silver Luis Paiva Athletics Men's 400 m T20 000000002016-09-09-00009 September 02 ! Silver Omar Monterola Athletics Men's 400 m T37 000000002016-09-16-000016 September 02 ! Silver Sol Rojas Athletics Women's 400 m T11 000000002016-09-16-000016 September 03 ! Bronze Yescarly Medina Athletics Women's 100 metres T37 000000002016-09-09-00009 September 03 ! Bronze Naomi Soazo Judo Women's 70 kg 000000002016-09-10-000010 September 03 ! Bronze Rafael Uribe Athletics Men's high jump T44 000000002016-09-12-000012 September

Medals by sport Sport 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total Athletics 0 3 2 5 Judo 0 0 1 1 Total 0 3 3 6

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]

Athletics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fernando Ferrer	Men's 100 m T11	11.70	3 Q	11.67	3	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m T11	24.21	3	Did not advance
Omar Monterola	Men's 100 m T37	N/A		11.86	3 Q	12.13	8
	Men's 400 m T37	N/A		53.38	1 Q	52.93	02 !
Samuel Colmenares	Men's 400 m T45/46/47	N/A		50.22	3 Q	49.55	5
Luis Paiva	Men's 400 m T20	N/A		48.43	1 Q	47.83	02 !
	Men's 1500 m T20	N/A				4:11:20	8
Edixon Pirela	Men's 400 m T20	N/A		DSQ		Did not advance
Rafael Uribe	Men's High jump T44	N/A				2.01	03 !
Lo Andris González	Men's High jump T45/46/47	N/A				1.85	7
Abrahan Ortega	Men's javelin F46	N/A				49.94	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sol Rojas	Women's 200 m T11	25.81	3 Q	25.47	2	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m T11	N/A		56.83	2 Q	57.64	02 !
Greilyz Villarroel	Women's 100 m T12	12.45	2 Q	12.60	3	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m T12	N/A		25.88	3	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m T12	N/A		59.71	3	Did not advance
Yescarly Medina	Women's 100 m T37	N/A		14.11	2 Q	13.85	03 !
Norkelys González	Women's 400 m T20	N/A		1:01:18	4	Did not advance
	Women's long jump T20	N/A				4.90	6
Yomaira Cohen	Women's shot put T37	N/A				9.54	6
	Women's shot put T37/38	N/A
	Women's javelin T37	N/A				28.56	4

Cycling

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Venezuela qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.^[4][5]

Men

Road

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcos Falcón	Men's 66 kg	Bareikis (LTU) L 0–0	Did not advance				9
Mauricio Briceño	Men's 73 kg	Nascimento de Oliveira (BRA) W 100–0	Kornhass (GER) L 0–0	Rodríguez (CUB) L 100–0	Did not advance		7
William Montero	Men's +100 kg	Nadri (IRI) L 0–101	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Naomi Soazo	Women's 70 kg	Zhou (CHN) W 100–0	Ruvalcaba (MEX) L 11-100	Breskovic (CRO) W 002–001	Did not advance	03 !

Powerlifting

62 year old Venezuelan powerlifter Zuray Marcano at the Rio Games

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Group			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Edson Gómez	Singles class 4	Turan (TUR) L 0–3	Saleh (EGY) L 2–3	3	Did not advance			15
Denisos Martínez	Singles class 11	Palos (HUN) L 0–3	Pereira Leal (FRA)	3	Did not advance			11

See also

• Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References