Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Venezuela competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	VEN
NPC	Comité Paralimpico Venezolano
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	24 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Sol Rojas
Medals Ranked 65th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Luis Paiva Athletics Men's 400 m T20 9 September  Silver Omar Monterola Athletics Men's 400 m T37 16 September  Silver Sol Rojas Athletics Women's 400 m T11 16 September  Bronze Yescarly Medina Athletics Women's 100 metres T37 9 September  Bronze Naomi Soazo Judo Women's 70 kg 10 September  Bronze Rafael Uribe Athletics Men's high jump T44 12 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 3 2 5 Judo 0 0 1 1 Total 0 3 3 6

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.^[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]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fernando Ferrer	Men's 100 m T11	11.70	3 Q	11.67	3	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m T11	24.21	3	Did not advance
Omar Monterola	Men's 100 m T37	—		11.86	3 Q	12.13	8
	Men's 400 m T37	—		53.38	1 Q	52.93
Samuel Colmenares	Men's 400 m T45/46/47	—		50.22	3 Q	49.55	5
Luis Paiva	Men's 400 m T20	—		48.43	1 Q	47.83
	Men's 1500 m T20	—				4:11:20	8
Edixon Pirela	Men's 400 m T20	—		DSQ		Did not advance
Rafael Uribe	Men's high jump T44	—				2.01
Lo Andris González	Men's high jump T45/46/47	—				1.85	7
Abrahan Ortega	Men's javelin F46	—				49.94	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sol Rojas	Women's 200 m T11	25.81	3 Q	25.47	2	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m T11	—		56.83	2 Q	57.64
Greilyz Villarroel	Women's 100 m T12	12.45	2 Q	12.60	3	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m T12	—		25.88	3	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m T12	—		59.71	3	Did not advance
Yescarly Medina	Women's 100 m T37	—		14.11	2 Q	13.85
Norkelys González	Women's 400 m T20	—		1:01:18	4	Did not advance
	Women's long jump T20	—				4.90	6
Yomaira Cohen	Women's shot put T37	—				9.54	6
	Women's shot put T37/38	—
	Women's javelin T37	—				28.56	4

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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, Venezuela qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.^[4][5]

Men

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cirio Molina	Men's road race C1-3	1:58:19	20
	Men's time trial C2	29:13:40	8
Victor Garrido	Men's road race C1-3	DNF

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcos Falcón	Men's 66 kg	Bareikis (LTU) L 0–0	Did not advance				9
Mauricio Briceño	Men's 73 kg	Nascimento de Oliveira (BRA) W 100–0	Kornhass (GER) L 0–0	Rodríguez (CUB) L 100–0	Did not advance		7
William Montero	Men's +100 kg	Nadri (IRI) L 0–101	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Naomi Soazo	Women's 70 kg	Zhou (CHN) W 100–0	Ruvalcaba (MEX) L 11-100	Breskovic (CRO) W 002–001	Did not advance

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

62 year old Venezuelan powerlifter Zuray Marcano at the Rio Games

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Zuray Marcano	Women's –50 kg	63	8

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alberto Vera	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:15:91	14	Did not advance
	200 m medley SM14	2:35:14	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Belkis Mota	50 m freestyle S12	30.50	7 Q	30.47	6
	400 m freestyle S13	5:09:57	12	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S13	1:15:60	15	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Edson Gómez	Singles class 4	Turan (TUR) L 0–3	Saleh (EGY) L 2–3	3	Did not advance			15
Denisos Martínez	Singles class 11	Palos (HUN) L 0–3	Pereira Leal (FRA)	3	Did not advance			11

See also

• Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics