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competed 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 ...

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, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories;

amputation Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on indi ...

, 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 sensa ...

;

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 Dwarfism is a condition wherein an organism is exceptionally small, and mostly occurs in the animal kingdom. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than , regardless of sex; the average adult height among people with dw ...

multiple sclerosis Multiple (cerebral) sclerosis (MS), also known as encephalomyelitis disseminata or disseminated sclerosis, is the most common demyelinating disease, in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This d ...

. 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

7-a-side football

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qualified for the Rio Games after finishing second at the 2015 CP World Championships after going down to Russia in the gold medal match. The country went to the tournament as reigning European champions. The team was in Group C with England and Portugal . The draw for the tournament was held on May 6 at the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in

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. Ukraine was put into Group A with Brazil, Great Britain and Ireland. The tournament where the draw took place featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating. Ukraine finished first, after defeating Brazil 0 - 2 in the 1st place match. Their roster for this tournament included Konstiantyn Symashko, Denys Ponomarov,

Taras Dutko Taras Dutko ( ua, Тарас Дутко, born 27 January 1982) is a Ukrainian Paralympic footballer with cerebral palsy, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. He started playing football in 2000 and since then pa ...

, Edhar Kahramanian, Yevhen Zinoviev, Stanislav Podolskyi, Volodymyr Antoniuk,

Vitaliy Trushev Vitaliy Trushev is a Ukrainian Paralympic footballer. Trushev won Gold medal in Paralympic football in 2008 Summer Paralympics in China. In 2012, he participated in 2012 Summer Paralympics in London London is the capital and List of u ...

Artem Krasylnykov Artem ( uk, Арте́м, Artém, ) is a common Ukrainian male given name. Many Russians named Artyom are known in English as Artem. (Artyom is spelled with the " ё" letter, giving a ending sound; however, it is commonly romanized as "e".) Ar ...

Bohdan Kulynych Bohdan may refer to: * Bohdan, a Slavic masculine name, a variant spelling of Bogdan (which includes a list of people named Bohdan as well as Bogdan) * Bohdan, Podlaskie Voivodeship Bohdan is a village A village is a clustered human s ...

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, Oleh Len and Serhii Zinchenko. Going into the Rio Games, the country was ranked first in the world.

Archery

Kseniya Markitantova, archer for the Ukraine

Ukraine qualified two archers for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships, with both spots coming in the women's recurve open. Roksolana Dzoba-Balyan and Iryna Volynets both qualified the Ukraine after qualifying for the round of sixteen. Dzoba-Balyan is nicknamed Dzoba-Balyan, lives in

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

and took up the sport in 2007. She is coached by Ilyashenko Oleh. The right handed archer shoots 27" long arrows with a draw weight of 36 lbs. In 2015, she was ranked fourth in the world.

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, Ukraine qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.

Goalball

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Judo

With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, Ukraine earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Nataliya Nikolaychyk in the women's -52 kg event. The B2 Judoka finished first in her class.

Inna Cherniak Inna Mikolaevna Cherniak ( uk, Інна Миколаївна Черняк, born 26 March 1988) is a Ukrainian judo and sambo practitioner. Career Despite being visually impaired from birth she competes both against sighted and visually impaired ...

earned the country a second spot in the women's -57 kg event. Iryna Husieva grabbed a third spot for the Ukraine in the women's -63 kg event.

Paracanoeing

Ukraine earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Oleksandr Hrechko earned the spot for Ukraine after finishing seventh in the men's KL1 event, but as each NPC gets only one spot and another country had two ahead of him, he qualified. Svitlana Kupriianova earned another spot for Ukraine after finishing third in the women's KL1 event.

Mykola Syniuk Mykola Syniuk (born 19 April 1988) is a Ukrainian paracanoeist. He represented Ukraine at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Syniuk represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer ...

earned a third spot for Ukraine after finishing fifth in the men's KL2 event.

Nataliia Lagutenko Nataliia Lagutenko is a Ukrainian Paralympic canoeist. She competed in the paracanoeing competition at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning the silver medal in the women's KL2 event. Lagutenko also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics ...

earned a fourth spot for Ukraine after finishing fourth in the women's KL2 event.

Serhii Yemelianov Serhii Yemelianov ( Ukrainian: Сергій Олександрович Ємельянов) (born 28 May 1993 in Kremenchuk) is a Ukrainian paracanoeist. He won a gold medal at the 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: ...

earned a fifth spot for the Ukraine after finishing fifth in the men's KL3 event.

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. Ukraine qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the AS Men's Single Sculls event with a third-place finish in a time of 04:51.700. They qualified a second boat in the TA Mixed Double Sculls event with a fourth-place finish in a time of 04:07.280. Ukraine qualified a third boat with a sixth-place finish in the LTA Mixed Coxed Four event in a time of 03:35.510, fifteen seconds behind first-place finisher, Great Britain, who had a time of 03:19.560.

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. Ukraine earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R1 – 10m Air Rifle standing men SH1 event as a result of Andrii Doroshenko winning a bronze medal. Iryna Liakhu earned Ukraine a second spot with her finish in the P3 – 25m Pistol Mixed SH1 event.

Vasyl Kovalchuk Vasyl Kovalchuk (born April 18, 1973) is a Ukrainian sports-shooter. He won gold medals at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport even ...

gave Ukraine a third spot in the R4 – 10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2 event. Olga Mustafaieva earned her country their final Rio place at this event based on her performance in the P4 – 50m Pistol Mixed SH1 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

Oleksii Denysiuk Oleksii Denysiuk is a Ukrainian paralympic sport shooter. Career He competed in the Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events, eight for rifle and 4 for pistol, across a ra ...

in the P3 – 25m Pistol Mixed SH1 event. The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Iurii Stoviev earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R1 Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event.

Sitting volleyball

Ukraine men's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games at the 2016 World Qualifier.

Men

Women

Swimming

The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio.

Dmytro Vynohradets Dmytro Vynohradets (born 25 May 1985) is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine. He competes in S3, SB2 (breaststroke) and SM3 (individual medley) events. Career history Vynohradets competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralym ...

earned Ukraine a spot after winning gold in the Men's 200m Freestyle S3. A silver in the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts event gave Ukraine its second spot in swimming in Rio. Kateryna Istomina earned a silver in the Women's 100m Butterfly S8 event to give Ukraine its third spot in Rio. The fourth spot by the Ukraine was earned by

Yelyzaveta Mereshko Yelyzaveta "Liza" Mereshko (born 8 July 1992) is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer. In 2015, she set the world record for the S6 100m freestyle event. Mereshko took silver in the SM6 200m Individual Medley at the 2019 World Para Swimming Champion ...

in the Women's 400m Freestyle S6 event where she won a gold medal. Anna Stetsenko earned a fifth spot for Ukraine after winning silver in the Women's 50m Freestyle S13.

Hennadii Boiko Hennadii Boiko (born 3 March 1974) is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S1 events at the 2012 and 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkis ...

grabbed a sixth spot for Ukraine in the Men's 100m Backstroke S1 with a gold, while teammate Anton Kol earned another spot by getting a silver in the event. Serhii Palamarchuk earned the country's eighth spot after winning gold in the Men's 100m Backstroke S2.

References

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