France at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| France at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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| IPC code | FRA | ||||||||
| NPC | French Paralympic and Sports Committee | ||||||||
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| in Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||
| Competitors | 126 in 17 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Michaël Jeremiasz | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances | |||||||||
France competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in sailing events.
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.
Eric Pereira earned France a spot at the Rio Games following his performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. He qualified the country in the compound men’s open event. Brigitte Duboc earned France a second spot, with her performance in the recurve women’s open event.
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, France qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.
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