Georgia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Georgia at the
2016 Summer Paralympics

IPC code GEO
NPC Georgian Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 5 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 60th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 0 0 1
Summer Paralympics appearances
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)

Georgia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

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]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Zviad Gogotchuri Judo Men's −90 kg 10 September

Archery

Individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Vano Tsiklauri Men's individual Recurve open 435 33 Did not advance

Judo

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
First round
Repechage
Final
Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Zviad Gogotchuri Men's −90 kg Bye  Lencina (ARG)
W 100–000s1
 Crockett (USA)
W 101–000s1
N/A  Nazarenko (UKR)
W 100–000s4
1st, gold medalist(s)

Powerlifting

Athlete Event Result Rank
Akaki Jintcharadze Men's −97 kg 155 9

Swimming

Women
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Lia Chachibaia 100 m breaststroke SB8 2:02.60 9 Did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Women
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/BM
Opposition Result Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Irma Khetsuriani Individual Foil B  Makrytskaya (BLR) L 2-5 4 Q  Chan (HKG)
L 5-15
Did not advance
 Yao (CHN) L 3-5
 Vio (ITA) L 0-5
 Chung (HKG) W 5-4
 Briese-Baetke (GER) W 5-2

See also

References

  1. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  2. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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