Venezuela_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics
Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Sporting event delegation
Venezuela competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
| Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | VEN |
| NPC | Comité Paralimpico Venezolano |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 24 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Sol Rojas |
| Medals Ranked 65th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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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]
- 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 | — | 11.86 | 3 Q | 12.13 | 8 | |
| Men's 400 m T37 | — | 53.38 | 1 Q | 52.93 |  | ||
| Samuel Colmenares | Men's 400 m T45/46/47 | — | 50.22 | 3 Q | 49.55 | 5 | |
| Luis Paiva | Men's 400 m T20 | — | 48.43 | 1 Q | 47.83 | | |
| Men's 1500 m T20 | — | 4:11:20 | 8 | ||||
| Edixon Pirela | Men's 400 m T20 | — | DSQ | Did not advance | |||
| Rafael Uribe | Men's high jump T44 | — | 2.01 |  | |||
| Lo Andris González | Men's high jump T45/46/47 | — | 1.85 | 7 | |||
| Abrahan Ortega | Men's javelin F46 | — | 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 | — | 56.83 | 2 Q | 57.64 | | ||
| Greilyz Villarroel | Women's 100 m T12 | 12.45 | 2 Q | 12.60 | 3 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 200 m T12 | — | 25.88 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's 400 m T12 | — | 59.71 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Yescarly Medina | Women's 100 m T37 | — | 14.11 | 2 Q | 13.85 | | |
| Norkelys González | Women's 400 m T20 | — | 1:01:18 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Women's long jump T20 | — | 4.90 | 6 | ||||
| Yomaira Cohen | Women's shot put T37 | — | 9.54 | 6 | |||
| Women's shot put T37/38 | — | ||||||
| Women's javelin T37 | — | 28.56 | 4 | ||||
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
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cirio Molina | Men's road race C1-3 | 1:58:19 | 20 |
| Men's time trial C2 | 29:13:40 | 8 | |
| Victor Garrido | Men's road race C1-3 | DNF |
- 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 | Total lifted | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zuray Marcano | Women's –50 kg | 63 | 8 |
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Alberto Vera | 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:15:91 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m medley SM14 | 2:35:14 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Belkis Mota | 50 m freestyle S12 | 30.50 | 7 Q | 30.47 | 6 |
| 400 m freestyle S13 | 5:09:57 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
| 100 m butterfly S13 | 1:15:60 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
- 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 | ||
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- "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.