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Three sports, wheelchair fencing, goalball and five-a-side football, had all their funding withdrawn,[4] a decision that was confirmed following an appeal process.[5] On the 5 February 2015, UK Sport announced that funding would be restored to wheelchair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

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.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Boccia

Great Britain achieved qualification in the BC1/2 class by winning the gold medal at the 2015 European Teams & Pairs Championships.[21]

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.[22][23]

Football 7-a-side

Great Britain secured qualification for Rio by finishing fifth at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships.[24][25]

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.[26]

Paracanoeing

Great Britain secured the following quotas at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships where paracanoeing formed part of the programme.[27][28][29]

Paratriathlon

Great Britain secured the following quota at the 2015 ITU World Paratriathlon Championships.

Lauren Steadman participated in the Rio test event, winning the PT4 class in a time of 1:08:46.[30]

Rowing

Great Britain secured qualification in all four paralympic classes at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.[31][32]

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.[33] 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.[34]

Shooting

Great Britain secured three quota places at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships.[35] Britain secured three further quotas at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Croatia.[36] Further quotas were achieved at the World Cup event held in the USA later in 2015.[37]

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.[38] In November 2015, Aaron McKibbin achieved qualification for Rio by winning a gold medal at the China Open.[39] 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.

Wheelchair Basketball

Great Britain's men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams secured qualification for Rio at the 2015 European Wheelchair Basketball Championship.[40][41]

Wheelchair Rugby

Great Britain's national wheelchair rugby team secured qualification for Rio at the 2015 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation European Championship.[42]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ParalympicsGB chef de mission announced as leadership team takes shape for Rio 2016". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "BPA completes Executive Team ahead of Rio with appointment of Director of Corporate Relations". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "UK Sport reveals record investment in bid to become first nation to surpass home Games medal haul". UK Sport. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Rio 2016: Four sports suffer Olympic funding cut". BBC Sport (4 February 2014). Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Rio 2016: Weightlifting only winner in UK Sport funding appeals". BBC Sport. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "UK Sport announces £2-3 million boost to sports on the road to Rio". UK Sport. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "DONAUESCHINGEN AWARDS 82 RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC QUOTA PLACES". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Davies gets British team off to a golden start". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Medals galore for British team on day one in Doha". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Blake strikes back". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Butterfield wins gold as Weir and Lyle strike silver". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Record breaker Hermitage wins gold in Doha". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Return of the Blake". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Spectacular eight for British team". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Teenagers in the medal mix in Doha". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Silver lining for Broom-Edwards". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "Gold medal rush on final day in Doha". British Paralympics Association. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  21. ↑ "GB Boccia team secure Rio Paralympic place". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  22. ↑ "First equestrian spots confirmed for Rio 2016". International Paralympic Committee. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Great Britain's dressage team win world title to qualify for Rio". BBC Sport. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  24. ↑ "Only one place left in Rio 2016's Paralympic football 7-a-side competition". Rio 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  25. ↑ "Paralympic Qualification Update". IFCPF. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  26. ↑ "Judo team named for ParalympicsGB". British Judo. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  27. ↑ "Emma Wiggs wins Para-canoeing world gold as GB secure Rio place". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  28. ↑ "GB paracanoeist Anne Dickins wins World silver in Milan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  29. ↑ "Jeanette Chippington wins GB's second gold at Paracanoe Worlds". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  30. ↑ "The Paralympian" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  31. ↑ "First GB Rowing Team boat qualified for Rio Paralympics". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  32. ↑ "Morris wins semi 18 weeks after shoulder surgry". British Rowing. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  33. ↑ "Ten countries guarantee their place in the Rio 2016 Paralympic sailing competition". Rio 2016 Official Website. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  34. ↑ "Lucas at the helm as first British athlete to be selected for Rio 2016". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  35. ↑ "Shooters from 28 countries claim 63 spots at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  36. ↑ "Doroshenko, Bevis squeeze out golds at World Cup in Croatia". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  37. ↑ "Four Rio slots and medals galore — summary of World Cup USA". Disability Shooting GB. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  38. ↑ "Rob Davies earns Rio Paralympics table tennis place". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  39. ↑ "McKibbin takes gold in China". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  40. ↑ "GB women's wheelchair basketball team reach Rio 2016 Paralympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  41. ↑ "GB men's wheelchair basketball team reach Rio 2016 Paralympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  42. ↑ "Great Britain secure wheelchair rugby Paralympic berth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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