Romania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

Romania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ROU
NPC	National Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	12 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Eduard Novak
Medals Ranked 76th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Paralympics appearances
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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]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Alex Bologa	Judo	Men's 60 kg	8 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Sport Men Women Total Athletics 1 1 2 Cycling 2 0 2 Judo 1 0 1 Paracanoe 1 1 2 Swimming 2 1 3 Table tennis 2 0 2 Total 9 2 12

Athletics

Romanian athletes awaiting accreditation for the Rio Games.

Romania has qualified 2 athletes for 2016 Summer Paralympics. Florentina Hrişcu is the first female athlete to qualify for Romania in athletics at the Paralympic Games.

Field Events - Women

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Florentina Hrișcu	Discus F43/44	18.59	12

Field Events - Men

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Florin Cojoc	High jump T45/46/47	1.75	10

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, Romania qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[4][5] After final rankings, Romania has qualified 2 cyclists 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carol-Eduard Novak	Road Race C4-5	2:18:07	9
	Time Trial C4	40:02.02	6
Attila Olah	Road Race C1-2-3	2:07:59	29
	Time Trial C2	33:20.80	14

Track

Time Trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Attila Olah	Men's 1km Time Trial C1-2-3	1:22.914	26

Individual Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Carol-Eduard Novak	Men's Individual Pursuit C4	4:51.037	5	Did not qualify

Judo

Romania has received an invitational spot for men extra-lightweight (60 kg) for 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First repechage round	Repechage semifinals	Final/BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alexandru Bologa	-60 kg	Lee Minjae (KOR) W 000^3–000^2	Mouloud Noura (ALG) W 000^3–000^2	Hirose Makoto (JPN) L 000–100	N/A		Henry Borges (URU) W 100-000

Paracanoeing

Romania earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Mihaela Lulea earned the spot for Romania after finishing fourth in the women's KL3 event. Iulian Serban earned a second spot for Romania after finishing fourth in the men's KL3 event.[6][7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-Final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Iulian Șerban	Men's KL3	43.223	3 Q	N/A		41.200	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-Final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mihaela Lulea	Women's KL3	55.479	7 Q	54.665	1 Q	52.273	4

Swimming

Men

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Samuel Ciorap	100 m backstroke S12	1:09.30	11	Did not qualify
	50 m freestyle S12	26.36	18	Did not qualify
	100 m breaststroke SB12	1:13.92	9	Did not qualify
Octavian Ilina	200 m freestyle S2	5:44.10	9	Did not qualify
	50 m backstroke S2	1:13.81	9	Did not qualify
	100 m backstroke S2	2:49.34	10	Did not qualify

Women

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Naomi Ciorap	100 m breaststroke S13	1:22.00	12	Did not qualify
	100 m butterfly S13	1:22.55	19	Did not qualify
	50 m freestyle S13	30.93	19	Did not qualify

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			1St Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dacian Makszin	Individual C3	Thomas Schmidberger (GER) L 0-3	Anurak Laowong (THA) L 1-3	3	Did not qualify
Bobi Simion	Individual C6	Alvaro Vargas Munoz Valera (ESP) L 0-3	Christian Dettoni (CHI) W 3-2	2	Michal Jensen (DEN) W 3-2	Peter Rosenmeier (DEN) L 0-3	Did not qualify

See also

• Romania at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
2. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
3. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
4. "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
5. "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
6. "CANOE Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
7. "2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships - Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Qualifier" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.