Puerto Rico at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Puerto Rico at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	PUR
NPC	Comite Paralimpico de Puerto Rico
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	4 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Luis Jabdiel Pérez
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

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; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.^[1][2] Each Paralympic sport 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, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.^[3]

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ricardo Alexis	Men's individual Compound open	623	29	Stutzman (USA) L 129–142	did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luis Diaz Perez	Men's −66 kg	Aajim (MGL) W 100–000	Nigmatov (UZB) L 000–010	Did not advance	Bye	Bareikis (LTU) L 000s2–001	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Darvin Báez Eliza	50 m freestyle S12	28.61	19	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB12	1:18.70	11	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paola Acuña Sánchez	50 m freestyle S9	33.91	22	did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	1:26.61	17	did not advance

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
2. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
3. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.