Cuba 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.

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Dalidaivis Rodriguez Judo Women's −63kg Omara Durand Athletics Women's 100 metres T12 Omara Durand Athletics Women's 200 metres T12 Omara Durand Athletics Women's 400 metres T12 Ernesto Blanco Athletics Men's 400 metres T47 Leinier Savon Pineda Athletics Men's 100 metres T12 Leinier Savon Pineda Athletics Men's 200 metres T12 Yunidis Castillo Athletics Women's long jump T47 Leonardo Díaz Athletics Men's discus throw F56 Yordani Fernandez Sastre Judo Men's −100 kg Yangaliny Jimenez Judo Men's +100 kg Malu Perez Iser Athletics Women's long jump T42 Noraivis de la Heras Chibas Athletics Women's discus throw F43/44

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, Cuba qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.

See also Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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