Peru at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Peru at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	PER
NPC	National Paralympic Committee Peru
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	6 in 2 sports
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer Paralympics appearances
1972 1976 1980–1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Peru is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Disability classifications

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.^[1][2] 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.^[3]

Athletics

Men's Track and Road

Field

Women's Track

Cycling

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, Peru qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.^[4][5]

Road

See also

• Peru at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References