Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Trinidad and Tobago at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeTRI
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors3 in 2 sports
Medals
Ranked 56th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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]

Competitors

The following table lists Trinidad and Tobago's delegation per sport and gender.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics112
Swimming011
Total123

Medalists

The following competitors from Trinidad and Tobago won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medals by sport
Sport Total
Athletics1113
Total1113
Medals by day
Day Total
September 91001
September 160101
September 170011
Total1113

Athletics

Men's Field
AthleteEvent#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultRank
Akeem StewartDiscus F43-4456.0361.7060.8360.8260.5361.7261.72
Javelin F42-4457.2356.6456.8453.9455.7757.3257.32 WR
Women's Track
AthleteEventsHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Nyoshia Cain100 m T43-4413.322 Q13.10
200 m T43-44Disqualifieddid not advance

Swimming

Women
AthleteEventsHeatsFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Shanntol Ince50 m freestyle S933.3821did not advance
100 m freestyle S91:12.4123did not advance
400 m freestyle S95:31.0617did not advance
100 m butterfly S91:20.1219did not advance

See also

References