Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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| IPC code | CZE | ||||||||
| NPC | Czech Paralympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | ' in ' sports | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 51st |
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 Czechoslovakia (1972–1992) |
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Czech Republic has qualified send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
One source of funding and support for the Czech Republic's Paralympic efforts through to the Rio Games is a local partnership with Allianz.
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. 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.
David Drahoninsky earned Czech Republic a spot at the Rio Games following his performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. He qualified the country after winning the W1 men’s competition. He will go to Rio as the reigning silver medalist and after having won gold at the 2008 Games
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