Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain at the Paralympic Games

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

Administration

On 19 November 2014, the British Paralympic Association announced the appointment of Penny Briscoe as chef-de-mission to the British Paralympic team at Rio 2016. The Association's President Tim Reddish will be Head of Delegation, while CEO Tim Hollingsworth will be Secretary General.[1] On 3 August 2015, the BPA announced that Anna Scott-Marshall would replace Jane Jones as Deputy Secretary General of the British delegation.[2]

Funding

As with previous Games UK Sport was the body responsible for allocating elite funding for Paralympic sports. In December 2012 a record £347 million of funding for Olympic and Paralympic athletes was announced with the aim of becoming the first nation in recent history to win more medals at the Games following being the host nation.[3]

Three sports, wheelchair fencing, goalball and five-a-side football, had all their funding withdrawn,[4] a decision that was confirmed following an appeal process.[5] On the 5 February 2015, UK Sport announced that funding would be restored to wheelchair fencing for the Rio cycle.[6]

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.[7][8] 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.[9]

Archery

Great Britain earned nine spots for Rio based on their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. The team earned 3 spots in the compound open event, 2 for men and 1 for a woman, earned 2 spots in the recurve open, 1 man and 1 woman, earned 4 spots in the W1 event, 2 men and 2 woman. The first two spots were earned by Jo Frith and John Walker, with 2004 Paralympian John Cavanagh winning the country's third spot. Jessica Stretton's bronze medal at the event gave the country their fourth spot. John Stubbs and Mel Clarke then earned the country's fifth and sixth spots. Other archers assisting in qualifying spots included Michael Hall, David Phillips and Tania Nadarajah.[10] In April 2016, Nathan McQueen secured a tenth quota for Great Britain at the Continental Qualifying Tournament held during the 2016 European Para-Archery Championships.[11]

The qualifiers in the mixed team events are also entitled to compete in the individual events.

Athletics

Great Britain secured a first quota in athletics for Rio when David Weir finished second in his classification at the 2015 IPC Marathon World Championships in London. Other athletes in the following list secured quotas for Great Britain by finishing in the first two places in their events at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Boccia

Great Britain achieved qualification in the BC1/2 class by winning the gold medal at the 2015 European Teams & Pairs Championships.[22][23]

Cycling

Great Britain secured one quota place in both men's and women's events in Rio by finishing 7th and 2nd respectively in the NPC UCI Para-Cycling European Nations ranking lists as at 31 December 2014.

Equestrian

Great Britain were one of three nations to qualify a team for dressage via their results at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, where Lee Pearson, Sophie Christiansen, Sophie Wells and Natasha Baker won gold in the team event.[24][25] On 8th March 2016, the FEI confirmed that Great Britain had achieved an additional quota in the individual dressage competition.[26]

Football 7-a-side

Great Britain secured qualification for Rio by finishing fifth at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships.[27][28]

Judo

On 11 February 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the names of the four judokas selected to fill the quotas secured by Great Britain at Rio2016.[29]

Paracanoeing

Great Britain secured the following quotas at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships where paracanoeing formed part of the programme.[30][31][32]

Paratriathlon

Great Britain secured a quota in the women's PT4 classification at the 2015 ITU World Paratriathlon Championships. In March 2016, Lauren Steadman and Alison Patrick met the automatic selection criteria set by British Triathlon by winning gold medals at a ITU World Paratriathlon event held in South Africa. Their selection still has to be verified by the British Paralympic Association in June when the other members of the paratriathlon team will also be selected.[33]

Lauren Steadman participated in the Rio test event, winning the PT4 class in a time of 1:08:46.[34]

Powerlifting

Great Britain has secured four quotas for Rio 2016, although at this stage it is not yet known which weight categories the qualified athletes will necessarily compete in.[35][36] On 18 April 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the four powerlifters who have been selected to represent Great Britain in Rio.[37]

Rowing

Great Britain secured qualification in all four paralympic classes at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.[38][39]

Sailing

Great Britain 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. 2012 Summer Paralympics gold medallist Helena Lucas secured a British place in the 2.4mR event by winning the silver medal at the Championships; Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell won silver to qualify a boat in the SKUD 18-class and a crew also qualified for the three-person Sonar class.[40] On 28 April 2015, Helena Lucas became the first British athlete to be selected to compete at either the Olympic or Paralympic Games in Rio when she was chosen to represent Great Britain in the 2.4mR sailing class.[41] On 1 March 2016, Paralympics GB announced the selection of the five sailors who will represent Great Britain in the SKUD and Sonar classes in Rio.[42]

Shooting

Great Britain secured three quota places at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships.[43] Britain secured three further quotas at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Croatia.[44] Further quotas were achieved at the World Cup event held in the USA later in 2015.[45] On 8th April 2016, the IPC announced that Issy Bailey was one of eleven shooters to be issued with a Bipartite invitation to compete in Rio.[46]

Swimming

Great Britain secured eleven quotas at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Table Tennis

Rob Davies secured qualification for Rio by winning a gold medal at the 2015 Para Table Tennis European Championships.[47] In November 2015, Aaron McKibbin achieved qualification for Rio by winning a gold medal at the China Open.[48] In addition to the two places already achieved Great Britain secured a further ten quotas based on the ITTF Para Table Tennis rankings as at 31 December 2015. On 8th March 2016, the British Paralympic Association confirmed the selection of the twelve table tennis players who will represent Great Britain in Rio.[49]

Wheelchair Basketball

Great Britain's men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams secured qualification for Rio at the 2015 European Wheelchair Basketball Championship.[50][51]

Wheelchair Rugby

Great Britain's national wheelchair rugby team secured qualification for Rio at the 2015 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation European Championship.[52]

See also

References

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  10. ↑ "DONAUESCHINGEN AWARDS 82 RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC QUOTA PLACES". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
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