Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Canada is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for six athletes in sailing events.

Disability classifications

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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.[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]

Boccia

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Main article: Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Canada qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport at the Montreal hosted 2015 BisFed Americas Pair and Team championship in the Pairs BC4 event. They claimed gold ahead of silver medalist Brazil and bronze medalists Colombia.[4][5]

Goalball

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Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

The Canada men's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing third at the 2015 Parapan American Games. They earned the spot because the two teams ahead of them, Brazil and the United States, had already qualified.[6][7]

Women

The Canada women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing third at the 2015 Parapan American Games. They earned the spot because the two teams ahead of them, Brazil and the United States, had already qualified.[6][7]

Paracanoeing

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Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Canada earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Christine Gauthier earned the spot for Canada after finishing sixth in the women's KL2 event.[8][9]


Rowing

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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. Canada qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the LTA Mixed Coxed Four event with a third place finish in a time of 03:27.380.[10][11]

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Canada qualified a boat for all three sailing classes at the Games through their results at the 2014 Disabled Sailing World Championships held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Places were earned in the solo 2.4mR event, the two-person SKUD 18-class and a crew also qualified for the three-person Sonar class.[12]


Sitting volleyball

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Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Canada women's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games at the 2015 Parapan American Games.[13][14]

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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. Aurelie Ricard earned Canada a spot after winning gold in the Women's 50m Freestyle S10.[15][16]

Wheelchair basketball

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Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

The Canada men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[17]

Women

The Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[17]


Wheelchair rugby

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Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Canada national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Rio Paralympics at the 2015 Parapan American Games after defeating the United States in the gold medal match.[14]

See also

References

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