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Brazil is planning to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Support

In September 2015, a representative from the country attended the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Chef de Mission seminar as part of the country's preparation efforts for the 2016 Games.[1][2]

Disability classifications

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.[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

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Petrúcio Ferreira is expected to be part of the Brazilian athletics delegation. When he was 18 years old, he broke the world record in the 200m T46/47 world record.[6]

Terezinha Guilhermina will defend your three paralympic championships.[6]

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Brazil automatically gets four berths at the 2016 Paralympics as the host nation, but had the ability to qualify additional athletes. At the 2015 World Archery Para Championships, several archers did just that. Francisco Cordeiro did this in the recurve men’s open third round, while Jane Karla Gogel did it in the compound women’s open and Fabíola Lorenzi Dergovics added an extra spot as a result of her performance in the recurve women’s open Paralympic secondary tournament.[7]

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Brazil qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport at the Montreal hosted 2015 BisFed Americas Pair and Team championship in the Pairs BC3 event. They claimed gold ahead of silver medalist Canada and bronze medalists Colombia.[8][9]

Dirceu José Pinto goes to the Rio Games as the reigning 2008 and 2012 individual BC4 and pairs BC4 gold medalist.[6]

Football 5-a-side

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Brazil qualified for the Paralympics by virtue of being hosts. They also qualified in their own right by winning the IBSA Blind Football World Championships 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. They would also have qualified by virtue of winning the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada, the regional qualifier for the Americas.[10][11][12][13]

Football 7-a-side

Main article: Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Brazil automatically qualified as the host country.[14][15] Jan Francisco Brito da Costa is the best player for Brazil, and dominated at the 2015 World Championships. His team finished third at the 2015 CP Football World Championships.[6]

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Romário Diego Marques is one of the members of the Brazil men's national goalball team. He is expected to be on the roster for Rio, after having been part of the silver medal winning team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the gold medal winning team at the 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships.[6] The team automatically qualified as hosts, but they would have qualified in their own right as winners of the 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships.[16][17][18]

Women

The Brazil women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games as hosts of the competition. They would have qualified in their own right after finishing second at the 2015 Parapan American Games. [16][19][18]

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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. Brazil qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the AS Men's Single Sculls event with a seventh place finish in a time of 04:57.010.[20][21]

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Alexandre Galgani earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R4 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 event.[22][23]

Sitting volleyball

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Brazil men's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games as the host nation.[24]

Women

Brazil women's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games as the host nation.[24]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Daniel Dias is a favorite Brazilian swimmer going into the Rio Paralympics.[6] Brazilian swimmers competed at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships as part of their Rio readiness efforts. Matheus Sousa was one swimmer who set an A-Qualifying time at the event, finishing second on the men's S11 100-metre freestyle event with a time 0:59.20.[25]

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

The Brazil men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics by virtue of being the host nation.[26]

Women

The Brazil women's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[26]

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The Brazil national wheelchair rugby team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics by virtue of being the host nation.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nations officially invited to Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Vietnam looks towards 2016 Rio Paralympics". Nhan Dan. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "The Paralympian" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  7. ^ "DONAUESCHINGEN AWARDS 82 RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC QUOTA PLACES". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Boccia Qualification System" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  9. ^ "AMERICAS PAIRS AND TEAMS 2015 - MONTREAL -CANADA" (PDF). BisFed. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Blind Football Qualifying" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Download - pdf - IBSA Blind Football World Championships 2014 Tokyo, Japan - results and final standings" (PDF). International Blind Sports Association. 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Download - pdf - Results blind football Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games" (PDF). International Blind Sports Association. 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  13. ^ a b "USA, Canada and Mexico win places at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games via Parapan American Games". Rio 2016. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  14. ^ "CP Football Qualifying" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Paralympic Qualification Update". IFCPF. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  16. ^ a b "Goalball Qualification System" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  17. ^ "Download - xls - 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships". International Paralympic Blind Sports Association. 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  18. ^ a b "Five goalball teams book their places at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016n. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  19. ^ "Download — xls — Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games Goalball Results". International Paralympic Blind Sports Association. 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  20. ^ "Rowing Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  21. ^ "(ASM1x) AS Men's Single Sculls - Final". World Rowing. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  22. ^ "Shooting Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  23. ^ "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.
  24. ^ a b "Who is Rio bound for Sitting Volleyball?". World Para Volleyball. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  25. ^ Mark Etheridge (14 July 2015). "South Africa: Herbst Gets SA's Medal Charge Going At IPC World Championships". South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Johannesburg). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  26. ^ a b "Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Wheechair Basketball Canada. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
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