Puerto Rico competed 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. 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.
Archery
Individual AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankRicardo AlexisMen's individual Compound open62329L 129–142did not advance
Judo
AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFirst roundRepechageFinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLuis Diaz PerezMen's −66 kgW 100–000L 000–010Did not advanceL 000s2–001did not advance
Swimming
Men AthleteEventsHeatsFinalTimeRankTimeRankDarvin Báez Eliza50 m freestyle S1228.6119did not advance100 m breaststroke SB121:18.7011did not advance
Women AthleteEventsHeatsFinalTimeRankTimeRankPaola Acuña Sánchez50 m freestyle S933.9122did not advance100 m backstroke S91:26.6117did not advance
See also Puerto Rico at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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