Latvia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Latvia at the Paralympic Games
Flag of Latvia IPC code  LAT NPC Latvian Paralympic Committee
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in
Competitors	' in ' sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)

Latvia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 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]

Archery

Latvia qualified one archer for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. Ieve Melle earned the spot in the women's recurve open after defeating Czech archer Marketa Sidkova in straight sets. ^[4]

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