Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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| IPC code | UZB | ||||||||
| NPC | Uzbekistan National Paralympic Association | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 32 in 8 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Doniyor Saliev | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 16th |
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 Soviet Union (1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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Uzbekistan 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 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.
With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, Uzbekistan earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Adiljan Tulendbaev in the men's +100 kg event. The B2 Judoka finished first in his class.
The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Server Ibragimov in the P4 – 50m Pistol Mixed SH1 event.
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