Belarus at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| Belarus at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||
| IPC code | BLR | ||||||||
| NPC | Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus | ||||||||
| in Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||
| Competitors | 20 in 5 sports | ||||||||
| Medals Ranked 19th |
| ||||||||
| Summer Paralympics appearances | |||||||||
| Other related appearances | |||||||||
 Soviet Union (1988) Unified Team (1992) | |||||||||
Belarus is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They are scheduled to compete in rowing and swimming.
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]
Delegation
The country sent a team of 20 athletes, 10 men and 10 women, along with 3 officials to the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[4] The competed in athletics, judo, rowing, swimming and wheelchair fencing.[5]
Rowing
One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Belarus qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the AS Women's Single Sculls event with a fifth-place finish in a time of 05:38.39.[6][7]
Swimming
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. Ihar Boki earned Belarus a spot after winning gold in the Men's 50m Freestyle S13.[8][9]
See also
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "OVERALL NUMBER OF ENTRIES BY NPC". myInfo+Plus. Atos. Retrieved 17 September 2016. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Competitors List: Belarus". myInfo+plus. Atos. Retrieved 17 September 2016. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Rowing Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "(ASW1x) AS Women's Single Sculls — Final". World Rowing. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Swimming QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ↑ "Daily Medallists". International Paralympic Committee. July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.