The mixed individual
BC1 boccia
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event at 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 ...
was contested from 13 September to 16 September at
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in Rio de Janeiro. 16 competitors took part.
The event structure was amended from the 2012 event, with pool stages added. The top two players from each of four pools then entered into a quarter final single elimination stage, with the losing semifinalists playing off for bronze.
2012
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silver medalist, Great Britain's
David Smith, won the gold medal, his second ever and first in an individual event, over the Netherlands'
Daniel Perez, with Korea's
Yoo Won-jeong
Yoo Won-jeong is a South Korean Paralympic Games, paralympic Boccia, boccia player. He participated at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, boccia competition, being awarded the bronze medal in the Boccia at ...
beating
Antonio Marques
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of Portugal for the bronze medal.
Final Stages
Pool stages
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
References
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Individual BC1