Rwanda at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| Rwanda at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | RWA |
| NPC | National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 13 in 2 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Rwanda competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Funding and support
The Rwanda Paralympic Committee was an Agitos Grant Award recipient, with the funding going towards athlete pathway development for Rio and Tokyo.[1][2] The funding benefited 900 athletes around the country, while it also went to training coaches, classifiers and referees in Rwanda.[2]
The Rwanda NPC has a goal of sending its largest ever Paralympic delegation to Rio.[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]
Athletics
Hermas Cliff Muvunyi was selected to represent Rwanda at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the T46 400m and 1500m events. Muyunyi qualified for Rio at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Prior to the Games, he announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the Rio Games.[6] Going into Rio, Muyunyi was based at the Amahoro National Stadium where he trained with Eric Karasira.[6]
Sitting volleyball
Rwanda women's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games after winning the African Championships.[6][7]
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See also
References
- ^ "Grant Support Programme to fund 28 para-sport projects in 2014". Chinese Olympic Committee. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ a b c "Rwanda aims to send its largest ever team to Rio 2016 Paralympics". The New Times Rwanda. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c Asiimwe, Geoffrey (August 20, 2016). "Rwanda: Muvunyi to Retire After 2016 Rio Paralympics". AllAfrica. The New Times. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ "Who is Rio bound for Sitting Volleyball?". World Para Volleyball. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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