Algeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| Algeria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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| IPC code | ALG | ||||||||
| NPC | Algerian National Paralympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 60 in 6 sports | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 27th |
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Algeria competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of ten disability categories: impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. 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.
Algeria finished the Games ranked fourth among African nations for total gold medals won in Rio with 4. They were behind Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia. Algeria finished with 16 medals total.
Algeria's men enter the tournament ranked 12th in the world. The following is the Algeria roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
The Algeria women's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after winning the African championship by defeating Egypt 11-1 in the final. Other teams participating in the qualifier included Tunisia and Morocco. Ghana was scheduled to compete, but pulled out of the event. The team played in a Rio warmup tournament in Malmo, Sweden where they finished tenth. The national team is coached by Mohamed Bettahrat. Algeria's women enter the tournament ranked 23rd in the world.
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