Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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| IPC code | GER | ||||||||
| NPC | National Paralympic Committee Germany | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 155 in 14 sports | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 6th |
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 West Germany (1960–1988) East Germany (1984) |
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Germany is currently competing 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. They have also qualified athletes in archery, cycling, equestrian, paracanoeing, paratriathlon, rowing and wheelchair basketball.
One source of funding and support for Germany'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.
Jennifer Hess earned Germany a spot at the Rio Games following her performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. She qualified the country after her performance in the recurve women’s open event. Uwe Herter earned Germany a second spot in the W1 men’s event.
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