Austria at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeAUT
NPCAustrian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.oepc.at (in German)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors26 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Wolfgang Eibeck
Medals
Ranked 50th
Gold
1
Silver
4
Bronze
4
Total
9
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Austria is competing with 26 athletes at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Pepo Puch Equestrian Individual championship test grade Ib September 14
 Silver Markus Swoboda Paracanoeing Men's KL2 September 15
 Silver Walter Ablinger Cycling Men's road time trial H3 September 15
 Silver Thomas Frühwirth Cycling Men's road time trial H4 September 15
 Silver Pepo Puch Equestrian Individual freestyle test grade Ib September 16
 Bronze Krisztian Gardos Table tennis Men's individual Class 10 September 12
 Bronze Andreas Onea Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 September 14
 Bronze Günther Matzinger Athletics Men's 400 metres T47 September 17
 Bronze Natalija Eder Athletics Women's javelin throw F13 September 17

Support

“Project Rio 2016” was created by the government to support Paralympic athletes seeking to qualify for the Rio Games. The former Austrian Minister of Sport Gerald Klug met with Paralympians Andreas Onea and Sabine Weber-Treiber as part of this program.[1] The current Minister of Sports is Hans Peter Doskozil.

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

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.[2][3] 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.[4]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Mario Bauer Marathon T46 — 2:58:34 5
Thomas Geierspichler 100 metres T52 19.82 12 did not advance
400 metres T52 1:03.27 9 did not advance
Günther Matzinger 400 metres T47 49.90 SB 3 Q 48.95 SB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Bil Marinkovic Discus throw F11 37.22 SB 4
Women
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Natalija Eder Javelin throw F13 40.49 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Paracanoe

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Markus Swoboda KL2 44.525 1 FA Bye 43.726 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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, Austria qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[5][6]

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Walter Ablinger Road race H3 1:53:29 11
Road time trial H3 29:26.01 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wolfgang Eibeck Road race C4–5 2:17:45 8
Road time trial C5 38:15.05 6
Thomas Frühwirth Road race H4 1:28:59 7
Road time trial H4 27:49.31 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wolfgang Schattauer Road race H2 1:31:39 7
Road time trial H2 37:56.39 7
Walter Ablinger
Thomas Frühwirth
Wolfgang Schattauer 		Mixed team relay 35:38 5

Track

Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank
Wolfgang Eibeck Men's individual pursuit C5 4:49.644 8 did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The country qualified to participate in the team event at the Rio Games.[7]

Athlete Horse Event Score Rank
Thomas Haller Puschkin 7 Individual championship test grade II WD
Michael Knauder Contessa 15 Individual championship test grade Ia 68.087 14
Pepo Puch Fontainenoir Individual championship test grade Ib 75.103 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Individual freestyle test grade Ib 76.750 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Julia Sciancalepore Pommery 4 Individual championship test grade Ia 66.304 19
Thomas Haller
Michael Knauder
Pepo Puch
Julia Sciancalepore 		See above Team 418.160 8

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maria Dorn
Thomas Ebner
Gerheid Pahl
Benjamin Strasser 		Mixed coxed four 3:47.13 6 R 3:58.96 5 FB 3:45.98 11

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Austria qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the 2.4m event with a ninth-place finish overall and the first country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Sven Reiger.[8][9][10]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sven Reiger Norlin Mark 3 / 2.5 metre 8 8 6 5 7 6 11 12 10 13 13 86 11

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Swimmers Andreas Onea and Sabine Weber-Treiber were Paralympic swimmers who benefited from the Austrian government's “Project Rio 2016”.[1]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Andreas Onea 50m freestyle S8 29.49 15 did not advance
100m breaststroke SB8 — 1:14.44 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m butterfly S8 1:04.84 6 Q 1:05.23 6
200m individual medley SM8 2:35.34 9 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Sabine Weber-Treiber 50m freestyle S6 37.89 10 did not advance
100m freestyle S6 1:27.88 16 did not advance
100m breaststroke SB5 1:53.73 8 Q DSQ

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Egon Kramminger Individual C3  Feng Pf (CHN)
L 0–3 		 Glinbancheun (THA)
L 0–3 		3 did not advance
Stanislaw Fraczyk Individual C9  Perez (ESP)
W 3–2 		 Thompson (GBR)
W 3–0 		1 Q —  Last (NED)
L 1–3 		did not advance
Krisztian Gardos Individual C10  Ruiz (ESP)
W 3–1 		 Carbinatti (BRA)
W 3–2 		1 Q —  Kodjabashev (BUL)
W 3–2 		 Chojnowski (POL)
L 0–3 		 Hao L (CHN)
W 3–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Stanislaw Fraczyk
Krisztian Gardos 		Team C9–10 —  Netherlands
L 1–2 		did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Doris Mader Individual C3  Lee M-g (KOR)
L 0–3 		 Fontaine (USA)
W 3–0 		2 Q  Yoon Jy (KOR)
L 0–3 		did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Austria qualified two competitors in the men's single event, Nico Langmann and Martin Legner.[11]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Nico Langmann Singles  Dong S (CHN)
L 0–6, 3–6 		did not advance
Martin Legner  Im H-w (KOR)
L 1–6, 3–6 		did not advance
Nico Langmann
Martin Legner 		Doubles — Bye  Kunieda /
Saida (JPN)
L 2–6, 0–6 		did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Paralympian" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. ^ "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  7. ^ "EQUESTRIAN" (PDF). FEI. International Paralympic Committee. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  8. ^ "Sailing Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  9. ^ "2.4m". Royal Yacht Club Victoria. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Ten countries guarantee their place in the Rio 2016 Paralympic sailing competition". Rio 2016 Official Website. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  11. ^ "ITF announces singles entries for Rio 2016 Paralympics". ITF Tennis. June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
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