Spain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Spain is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Spain qualified competitors in archery, cycling, sailing and wheelchair basketball.

Disability classifications

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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]

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Spain qualified one archer for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. Liliana Oliveros earned the spot in the women's W1 event as a result of the mixed team competition result rankings.[4]

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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, Spain qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[5][6]

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Spain qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the Sonar event with a thirteenth place finish overall and the fifth country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Francisco Llobet, Hector Garcia], and Manuel Gimeno.[7][8][9] They qualified a second boat in the SKUD 18 event with a thirteenth place finish overall and the fifth country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Sergio Roig and Violeta Del Reino.[7][9][10] Spain qualified a third boat in the 2.4m event with a seventeenth place finish overall and the seventh country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Antonio Maestre. He tied with fellow Spaniard Montes Vorcy Arturo for seventeenth place but won on the tiebreaker.[7][11][9]

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo in the R6 – 50m Rifle Prone Mixed SH1 event.[12][13]

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Teresa Perales earned Spain a spot after winning gold in the Women's 50m Backstroke S5.[14][15]

Wheelchair basketball

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Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The Spain men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[16]

See also

References

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