Singapore at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| Singapore at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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| IPC code | SIN | ||||||||
| NPC | Singapore Disability Sports Council | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 13 in 6 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Yip Pin Xiu | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 46th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances | |||||||||
Singapore competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
13 Singaporeans were sent to compete in six sports: archery, athletics, boccia, equestrian, sailing, and swimming.
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.
For the first time in history, Singapore has also qualified in the archery competition at a Paralympic Games. Nur Syahidah Binte Alim sealed gold in the women’s compound open and compound mixed open at the 8th ASEAN Para Games securing a historic spot for Singapore at Rio 2016.
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