The Women's Shot Put

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

events for the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

took place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from September 8 to September 17, 2016. A total of 14 events are contested incorporating 17 different classifications. Three competitors won a medal for their country for the first time at the Summer Paralympics.

Fatema Nedham Fatema Nedham is a Paralympic athlete from Bahrain. She is the first female Paralympic athlete to win a medal at the Summer Paralympics for Bahrain. She represented the country at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won ...

, representing

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, Sara Al Senaani, representing

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

, and Sara Hamdi Masoud, representing

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, became the first female athletes to win a medal for their country in this event.

Schedule

Medal summary

Results

F12 (incorporating F11)

Competed 14 September 2016 at 10:15.

F20

Competed 10 September 2016 at 15:38.

F32

Competed 17 September 2016 at 17:33.

F33

Competed 16 September 2016 at 17:33.

F34

Competed 14 September 2016 at 17:30.

F35

Competed 15 September 2016 at 17:58.

F36

Competed 17 September 2016 at 10:52.

F37

Competed 13 September 2016 at 18:10.

F40

Competed 11 September 2016 at 23:16.

F41

Competed 9 September 2016 at 15:53.

F42

F53

Competed 12 September 2016 at 15:03.

F54

Competed 10 September 2016 at 15:05.

F57 (incorporating F56)

Competed 8 September 2016 at 22:33.

References

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