Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
competed at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fro ...
in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in sailing events. They also qualified athletes in archery, cycling, equestrian, paracanoeing, paratriathlon, rowing and wheelchair basketball.
Funding
One source of funding and support for Germany's Paralympic efforts through to the Rio Games is a local partnership with
Allianz.
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
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sens ...
;
wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, problems related to old age, or disability. These can include spinal cord injuries ( paraplegia, hemiplegia, and quadriplegia), cerebr ...
athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories;
visual impairment
Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment, is a medical definition primarily measured based on an individual's better eye visual acuity; in the absence of treatment such as correctable eyewear, assistive devices, and medical treatment†...
, including
blindness
Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment, is a medical definition primarily measured based on an individual's better eye visual acuity; in the absence of treatment such as correctable eyewear, assistive devices, and medical treatment†...
;
Les autres
Les Autres sport classification is system used in disability sport for people with locomotor disabilities not included in other classification systems for people with physical disabilities. The purpose of this system is to facilitate fair competiti ...
, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example
dwarfism or
multiple sclerosis.
Each
Paralympic sport
The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about ...
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
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), competi ...
, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.
Medalists
Archery
Jennifer Hess earned Germany a spot at the Rio Games following her performance at the
2015 World Archery Para Championships
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. She qualified the country after her performance in the recurve women's open event.
Uwe Herter earned Germany a second spot in the W1 men's event.
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
Paracanoe
;Men
;Women
Cycling
With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Germany qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.
Road
;Men
;Women
Track
;Pursuit
;Time trial
Equestrian
Germany were one of three nations to qualify a team for dressage via their results at the
2014 FEI World Equestrian Games
The 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games were held in the region of Normandy, France. It was the seventh edition of the Games, which are held every four years and run by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). For team even ...
, where they won the bronze medal in the team event. The country earned an additional individual slot via the Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation method following the suspension of Russia, and France Finland not using one of their allocated spots.
*Team Dressage – 4 quota places
Goalball
Germany's men enter the tournament ranked 15th in the world.
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;Quarterfinal
Judo
;Men
;Women
Paratriathlon
Rowing
One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Germany qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the LTA Mixed Coxed Four event with a seventh-place finish in a time of 03:30.920.
Sailing
Germany qualified a boat for two of the three sailing classes at the Games through their results at the 2014
Disabled Sailing World Championships held in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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, Canada. Places were earned in the solo 2.4mR event and a crew also qualified for the three-person Sonar class.
Shooting
The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Germany earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R3 – 10Mm Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1 event as a result of the performance
Natascha Hiltrop
Natascha Hiltrop (born 18 July 1992) is a German Paralympic sport shooter. She represented Germany at the Summer Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2021. She won the gold medal in the mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1 event at the 2020 Summer Para ...
. It was the only qualification spot Germany earned at the event.
The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was also available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of
Norbert Nau in the R1 – 10mAir Rifle Standing Men SH1 event.
Sitting volleyball
By finishing as runners-up in the European championship in Warendorf, Germany, Germany men's national sitting volleyball team
The Germany men's national sitting volleyball team represents (Germany) in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. Until 1990 team competed as West Germany in sitting volleyball.
Players
The following is the German r ...
qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics as Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national sitting volleyball team
The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national sitting volleyball team (Bosnian language, Bosnian: ''Reprezentacija BiH u sjedećoj odbojci'') represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. Bos ...
had already qualified for Rio.
Men
;Classification 5th / 6th
Swimming
The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships
The 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships was an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom and took place from 13 to 19 July. Around 580 athletes from around 70 countries competed at ...
earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Daniela Schulte earned Germany a spot after winning silver in the Women's 100m Freestyle S11.
Table tennis
;Men
;Women
Wheelchair basketball
Men
The Germany men's national wheelchair basketball team
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has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Group stage
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Quarterfinal
Women
The Germany women's national wheelchair basketball team The Germany women's national wheelchair basketball team represents Germany in international women's wheelchair basketball competitions.
The team won the gold medal in the Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament, ...
has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Group stage
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Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal match
Wheelchair fencing
;Men
;Women
Wheelchair tennis
Katharina Krüger qualified for Rio in the women's singles event.
See also
*Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Germany competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 3 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after its reunification in 1990.
Medalists
The following German competitors won ...
References
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Nations at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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2016 in German sport