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The 2016 Paralympics was the fifteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 7 September to 18 September. [1] Athletes from 63 NPCs won at least one gold medal, with a total of 83 having won at least one medal of any colour.
Paralympic medals and the mascot Tom. The medal design for the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on 14 June 2016; they were produced by the Casa da Moeda do Brasil. The bronze and silver medals contain 30% recycled materials, while the gold medals were produced using gold that had been mined and extracted using means that met a series ...
The Games also marked India's best ever performance at the Paralympics till then with four medals including one gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Mariyappan Thangavelu won the first gold medal in the Men's high jump T42 event. Devendra Jhajharia won the other gold medal in the Men's javelin throw F46 event, breaking the World Record in ...
The 2016 Summer Paralympics are running from Wednesday 7 September to Sunday 18 September, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is a chronological summary of the major events that took place during the course of the Games.
United States national 7-a-side football team qualified for the Rio Paralympics at 2015 World Championships because of their seventh-place finish. [10] [11] The draw for the tournament was held on May 6 at the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. The United States was put into Group B with Argentina, Netherlands and Russia. [12]
Goalball at the XV Paralympic Games Venue Future Arena Dates 8–16 September 2016 Competitors 120 from 14 nations Medalists Lithuania (men) Turkey (women) United States (men) China (women) Brazil (men) United States (women) ← 2012 2020 → Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Tournament men women Rosters men women
The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.
Mariyappan Thangavelu (born 28 June 1995) [1] is an Indian Paralympic high jumper. He is a triple Paralympics medalist having won the gold medal at 2016 Rio, the silver medal at 2020 Tokyo and the bronze medal at 2024 Paris. [2] He has also been a double medalist at the World Championships with one gold and one bronze.