United States at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

United States at the Paralympic Games

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The United States 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 three athletes in sailing events. They also qualified athletes in archery, goalball, shooting, swimming, and wheelchair basketball.

Support

To generate interest in the Games, the USOC organized US Paralympics’ Road to Rio Tour. This 10 tour involved nine stops around the United States and officially got underway on July 4, 2015.[1]

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.[2][3] 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.[4]

Archery

The United States qualified seven archers for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. The spots earned in qualification include 2 men's compound open spots, 2 men and one woman in the recurve open event, and one spot for a man and woman in the W1 event. Archers involved in qualifying include Andre Shelby, Ben Thompson, Kinga Kiss Johnson, Eric Bennett and Timothy Palumbo.[5]


Shelby took up archery in 2010, and first competed internationally in 2012. The right handed archer from Jacksonville is coached by Randi Smith and uses 29" long arrows with a 54 lbs draw weight.[6] Thompson started in the sport in 2014 and made his first international appearance that same year. Coached by Nancey Trevaniam Tsai, the right handed archer from Springfield uses 30" long arrows with a 60 lbs draw weight.[7] Kiss Johnson is originally from Miercurea, Romania but represents the United States and lives in McCormick. Nicknamed Kinga, the right handed archer took up the sport in 2010 and made her international debut in 2014. She is coached by Randi Smith, uses 32" long arrows and uses a draw weight of 40 lbs.[8] Phoenix native Bennett lives in Surprise . He took up the sport in 1999 and made his international debut in 2007. Coached by MJ Rogers since 2012, he is righthanded, uses 27" long arrows and has a draw weight of 34 lbs.[9] Palumbo is from Buffalo, New York and is lefthanded. He started in the sport in 2000, and made his international debut in 2013. He has been coached by Randi Smith since 2011, and uses 29" long arrows with a draw weight of 50 lbs.[10]

Cycling

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, the United States qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[11][12]

Football 7-a-side football

United States national 7-a-side football team qualified for the Rio Paralympics at 2015 World Championships because of their seventh place finish.[13][14]

Goalball

Men

The United States men's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing third at the 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships.[15][16][17] Joseph Hamilton, a member of the qualifying team, said after qualifying, "It’s overwhelming for our team, we’ve come a long way. We didn’t make the London 2012 Games that was very hard for us. To qualify for Rio at the first chance, and against a team that has been our nemesis in recent years, is awesome. If we play our own style, I believe we are one of the best teams in the world, and now we’ve got a chance to try to prove that on the grandest stage of all."[17] The team returns to the Paralympics after having missed out on qualifying for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[14]

Women

The United States women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing first at the 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships.[15][16][14] The team goes to Rio having had a disappointing performance at the 2012 Summer Paralympics where they finished twelfth.[14]

Judo

With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, the United States earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Dartanyon Crockett in the men's -90 kg event. The B3 Judoka finished first in his class.[18][19]

Rowing

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. The United States qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the AS Men's Single Sculls event with a fifth place finish in a time of 04:59.510. The United States qualified a second boat in the AS Women's Single Sculls event with an eighth place finish in a time of 05:49.760.[20][21] The United States qualified a third boat with a second place finish in the LTA Mixed Coxed Four event in a time of 03:19.820. This was less than a second behind the gold medal winning boat, Great Britain, who had a time of 03:19.560.[22]

Sailing

The American team qualified a boat for two of the 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 and a crew also qualified for the two-person SKUD-18 class.[23]

An alternative pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. The Unite qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the Sonar event with a sixth place finish overall and the second country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships.[24][25]

Shooting

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. The United States earned a qualifying spot at this competition in the R4 – 10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2 event as a result of McKenna Dahl. Michael Tagliapietra earned a second spot for the USA, with this spot in the P3 – 25m Pistol Mixed SH1 event.[26][27][28]

The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, John Joss III earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R6- Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 event.[27][29]

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Tammy Delano earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event. Jazmin Almlie earned a second spot for the United States at this event with her finished in the R4 Mixed Air Rifle Standing SH2 event.[27][30]

Sitting volleyball

Men

United States men's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games at the 2015 Parapan American Games after winning a silver medal.[31][32][14] It marks the team's return to the Paralympic level after having last appeared in 2004.[14]

Women

United States women's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games at the 2014 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships.[31][14]

Swimming

American swimmers competed at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships as part of their Rio qualifying efforts. 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. Bradley Sndyer earned the United States a spot after winning gold in the Men's 100m Freestyle S11 with a time of 0:56.78.[33][34][33] Jessica Long is expected to represent the United States in Rio. She had a strong performance at the 2015 IPC World Championships, winning seven medals, four of which were gold.[1]

Wheelchair basketball

Men

The United States men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[35][14] They qualified through via the 2015 Parapan Am Games. They met Argentina in the semi-finals, whom they beat 59-36. They then went to the gold match medal game, where they defeated Canada 62-39.[14]

Women

The United States women's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[35][14] The women qualified after claiming gold at the Parapan Am Games in 2015 after defeating Canada 80-72.[14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Paralympian" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "DONAUESCHINGEN AWARDS 82 RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC QUOTA PLACES". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "ANDRE SHELBY". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "BEN THOMPSON". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "KINGA KISS-JOHNSON". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "ERIC BENNETT". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "TIMOTHY PALUMBO". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  13. ↑ "Paralympic Qualification Update". IFCPF. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Katie Branham (7 September 2015). "Team Sports Punch Tickets For Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". U.S. Olympic and Paralympic. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  15. 1 2 "Goalball Qualification System" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Download — xls - 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships". International Paralympic Blind Sports Association. 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  17. 1 2 "Five goalball teams book their places at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016n. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "JUDO QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  19. ↑ "Download — pdf - 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships — results and final standings" (PDF). International Blind Sports Association. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 22 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. ↑ "(LTAMix4+) LTA Mixed Coxed Four — Final". World Rowing. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  23. ↑ "Ten countries guarantee their place in the Rio 2016 Paralympic sailing competition". Rio 2016 Official Website. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  24. ↑ "Sailing Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  25. ↑ "Sonar". Royal Yacht Club Victoria. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  26. ↑ "Shooters from 28 countries claim 63 spots at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  27. 1 2 3 "Shooting Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  28. ↑ "Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  29. ↑ "2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  30. ↑ "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.
  31. 1 2 "Who is Rio bound for Sitting Volleyball?". World Para Volleyball. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  32. ↑ "USA, Canada and Mexico win places at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games via Parapan American Games". Rio 2016. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  33. 1 2 "Swimming QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  34. ↑ "Daily Medallists". International Paralympic Committee. July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  35. 1 2 "Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Wheechair Basketball Canada. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
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