Israel at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Israel at the Paralympic Games

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Israel is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They are scheduled to compete in sailing, cycling and rowing.

Disability classifications

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Main article: Disability sport classification

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]

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Israel qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the AS Women's Single Sculls event with a first place finish by Moran Samuel in a time of 05:25.920. They qualified a second boat in the TA Mixed Double Sculls event with an eighth place finish by Tsofnat Levanon, Barak Hazor, Nissim Nir Mayo, Shay-Lee Shulmit Mizrachi and cox Danielle Renny Palatin in a time of 04:12.140.[6][7][8] Samuel bases her training in Italy where she is coached by Paula Grizzetti. She also trains in Israel at the Daniel Rowing Center in Tel Aviv.[8]

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Israel qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the Sonar event with a fourth place finish overall and the first country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships.[9][10][11] They qualified a second boat in the SKUD 18 event with a sixteenth place finish overall and the sixth country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Hagar Zahavi and Moshe Zahavi.[9][11][12]

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Israel earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R5 – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Prone SH2 event as a result of the performance Doron Shaziri. It was the only qualification spot Israel earned at the event.[13][14][15]

See also

References

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