India at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
India at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||
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IPC code | IND | ||||||||
NPC | Paralympic Committee of India | ||||||||
Website |
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in Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||
Competitors | 19 in 5 sports | ||||||||
Flag bearer |
Devendra Jhajharia (opening) Mariyappan Thangavelu (closing) | ||||||||
Medals Ranked 43rd |
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Summer Paralympics appearances | |||||||||
India competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since 1968 (except 1976 & 1980 edition).
On August 8, 2016 Paralympic Committee of India announced a list of 19 competitors [1] (16 Men & 3 Women) to be part of Rio 2016 paralympic games for India in 5 sports.
India has sent its largest ever delegation in the history of summer paralympic games i.e.19 competitors in 5 sports. Also, as far as the games have progressed till now, it has been India's best ever performance in the history of the summer Paralympic games with a total of 4 medals won till now ( 2 Gold , 1 Silver and 1 Bronze ) with Devendra Jhajharia breaking the World Record to win a gold medal at the Paralympics.[2]
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.[3][4]
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.[5]
Competitors
Sport | Men | Women | Total | Events |
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Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Athletics | 13 | 2 | 15 | 11 |
Powerlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 16 | 3 | 19 | 15 |
Medallists
Overall
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Mariyappan Thangavelu | Athletics | Men's High Jump T42 | 9 September | |
Devendra Jhajharia | Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw F46 | 14 September | |
Deepa Malik | Athletics | Women's Shot Put- F53 | 12 September | |
Varun Singh Bhati | Athletics | Men's High Jump T42 | 9 September |
Medals by Sports
Sport | Total | |||
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Athletics | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Archery
India has qualified one berth in Women individual recurve Archery event after Pooja khana secured fifth place finish in final parlympic qualifier to secure a continental quota in World Quota Recurve Women Open in Czech Republic 2016 & thus became first Para Archer from India to qualify for Paralympic Games.
Women
Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round 64 | Round 32 | Round 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
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Score | Rank | Opponent
(Score) |
Opponent
(Score) |
Opponent
(Score) |
Opponent
(Score) |
Opponent
(Score) |
Opponent
(Score) | |||
Pooja Khanna[6] | Recurve Individual Open | 513[7] | 29 | NA | Olszewska
2-6[8] L |
Did Not Advance | 29 |
Athletics
Indian athletes have been able to achieve qualifying standard in the following athletic events (up to maximum of 3 athletes in each event) & after selection trials Paralympic Committee of India has selected a team of 15 athletes (13 Men & 2 Women) for the paralympic games.
Men
- Track Events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | Final Rank | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Ankur Dhama | 1500 meter- T11[9] | 4:37:60 | 2 | NA | Did Not Advance | 11 |
- Field Events
Athlete | Date | Event | Distance | Points | Rank |
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Mariyappan Thangavelu | 9 September | High Jump- T42[10] | 1.89 | NA | |
Varun Singh Bhati | 1.86 (PB) | NA | |||
Sharad Kumar | 1.77 | NA | 6 | ||
Ram Pal Chahar | 16 September | High Jump- T47[11] | 1.93 (PB) | NA | 6 |
Devendra Jhajharia | 13 September | Javelin Throw - F46[12] | 63.97 (WR) | NA | |
Sundar Singh Gurjar | Did Not Start | NA | Not Ranked | ||
Rinku Hooda | 54.39 (PB) | NA | 5 | ||
Ranbir Narender | 9 September | Javelin Throw - F42/44[13] | 53.79 (PB) | NA | 6 |
Sandeep | 54.30 (PB) | NA | 4 | ||
Virender Dhankar | 12 September | Javelin Throw F57[14] | 35.73 | NA | 9 |
17 September | Shotput F57[15] | 11.62 | NA | 8 | |
Amit Kumar Saroha | 8 September | Discus Throw- F51/52[16] | 9.01 | NA | 7 |
16 September | Club Throw - F51[17] | 26.63 | NA | 4 | |
Dharambir | 21.39 | NA | 9 |
Women
Field Events
Athlete | Event | Date | Distance | Rank |
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Deepa Malik | Shot Put- F53[18] | 12 September | 4.61 (PB) | |
Karamjyoti Dalal | Discus Throw F55[19] | 17 September | No Mark | Not Ranked |
Powerlifting
India has secured one berth in Men's event after National champion Farman Basha secured a place in World Ranking list as of February 29, 2016 in the given qualification period for the games.
Men
Athlete | Event | Date | Score | Rank |
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Farman Basha | 49 kg[20] | 8 September | 140 kg | 4 |
Shooting
Naresh Kumar Sharma earned a qualifying berth for India in the R7 - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event in last paralympic qualifier event in 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning for the paralympic games.[21][22]
Men
Athlete | Event | Date | Qualification | Final | ||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
Naresh Sharma | Men's R1-10m Air Rifle Standing SH1[23] | 8 September | 583.0 | 21 | Did Not Advance | |
Mixed R3-10m Air Rifle Prone - SH1[24] | 10 September | 606.5 | 44 | Did Not Advance | ||
Men's R7-50m Rifle 3 Positions - SH1[25] | 12 September | 1094-25x | 22 | Did Not Advance | ||
Mixed R6-50m Rifle Prone SH1[26] | 14 September | 591.0 | 40 | Did Not Advance |
Swimming
Indian swimmer Suyash Jadhav achieved A qualifying mark in the final's of Men's 50m Butterfly-S7 event at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports World Games 2015 for the rio paralympic games.
Men
Athlete | Event | Date | Heat | Final | Rank | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
Suyash Narayan[27] | Men's 50m Freestyle- S7[28] | 9 September | 31.58 | 5 | Did Not Advance | 9 | |
Men's 50m Butterfly- S7[29] | 12 September | 33.63 | 5 | Did Not Advance | 9 | ||
Men's 200m Individual Medely- SM7[30] | 13 September | 3:01:05 | 6 | Did Not Advance | 10 |
See also
References
- ↑ "LIST OF PLAYERS SELECTED TO REPRESENT INDIA AT THE RIO PARALYMPIC GAMES 2016". Paralympic Committee of India. Paralympic Committee of India. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ "Paralympics 2016 | Devendra Jhajharia breaks World Record to win Gold at Paralympics". 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Para archer Pooja left in the lurch". The Tribune. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Archery Women's Individual Recurve Open Ranking Round". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ↑ "Rio 2016:Archery Women's Individual Recurve - Open 1/16 Elimination". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Men's 1500m - T11 Round 1 Heat 1". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Men's High Jump T42 Final". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Men's High Jump T47 Final". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F46 Final". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F44 Final". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F56/57 Final". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Men's Shot Put F57 Final". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Men's Discus Throw F51/52 Final". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Men's Club Throw F51 Final". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Women's Shot Put F-53 Final". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Athletics Women's Discus Throw - F55 Final". www.rio2016.com. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Powerlifting Men's 49 kg". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ "Shooting Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, United States Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Shooting Men's R1-10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 Qualification". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Shooting Mixed R3-10m Air Rifle Prone - SH1". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Shooting Men's R7-50m Rilfe 3 Position SH1 Qualification". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Shooting Mixed R6-50m Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ "Para-swimmer Suyash Jadhav Speaks About His Journey to Rio 2016 Paralympics in an Exclusive Interview by SwimIndia". Swim India. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle - S7 Heat 1". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Swimming Men's 50 meter Butterfly Heat 1". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Swimming Men's 200m IM SM7 Heat 2". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-13.