The Philippines competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Background The Philippine Paralympic delegation was represented by 5 sportspeople in four sports. Table tennis player Josephine Medina was the delegation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony, for the second straight time.
The delegation included coaches, Ramond Debuque (powelifting), Joel Deriada (athletics), Louise Mark Eballa (table tennis), and Antonio Ong (swimming), with Dennis Esta as the Chef d' Mision and as well as the team doctor Raul Michael Cembrano. Philippine Sports Association of the Differently Abled President Michael Barredo and Secretary General Ral Rosario was also part of the Paralympic delegation.
Athletics
The Philippines qualified 1 athlete for athletics. Long jumper Andy Avellana, was also among the athletes reportedly to have qualified but was not part of the Philippine delegation in later reports because he was not able to get a wildcard slot.
Track AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJerrold Pete Mangliwan100m - T5220.047did not advance400m - T521:02.673 Qcolspan=2 align="center" 1:04.93 7
Swimming
The Philippines has qualified 1 athlete for Swimming.
AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankErnie Gawilan100m freestyle S8 1:06.64 15did not advance400m freestyle S84:54.2410did not advance100m backstroke S81:19.759did not advance
Table tennis
The Philippines qualified 1 athlete for table tennis.
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJosephine MedinaSingles class 8 L 0–3 W 3–22 Qalign="center" L 0–3 W 3–0
Powerlifting
The Philippines qualified 2 athletes ( and ) for Powerlifting.
AthleteEventTotal liftedRankAgustin KitanMen's –59 kg1457Adeline Dumapong-AnchetaWomen's +86 kg–
See also Philippines at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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