Jordan at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeJOR
NPCJordan Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors10 in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 66th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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

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.[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
 Silver Omar Qarada Powerlifting Men's 49 kg 8 September
 Silver Tharwat Alhajjaj Powerlifting Women's 86 kg 13 September
 Bronze Jamil Elshebli Powerlifting Men's +107 kg 14 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men's Track
Athlete Events Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Bilal Saada 400 m T45-47 50.42 4 did not advance

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Result Rank
Omar Qarada Men's −49 kg 177 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Abdelkareem Khattab Men's −72 kg No Mark
Mutaz Aljuneidi Men's −88 kg 190 7
Haidarah Alkawamleh Men's −107 kg 204 5
Jamil Elshebli Men's +107 kg 234 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tharwat Alhajjaj Women's −86 kg 119 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Group Matches Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Asama Abu Jame Singles class 3  Bruchle (GER)
L 1–3 		 Jeyong (KOR)
W 3–2 		2 Q  Schmidberger (GER)
L 0–3 		did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group Matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Maha Bargouthi Singles class 1-2  Liu (CHN)
L 0–3 		 McCarron (IRL)
L 0–3 		3 did not advance
Khetam Abuawad Singles class 5  Paredes (MEX)
W 3–0 		 Tabib (ISR)
W 3–0 		1 Q  Lundbaeck (SWE)
L 0–3 		did not advance
Teams
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Khetam Abuawad
Maha Bargouthi 		Women's Team class 4–5  Mexico (MEX)
L 1–2 		did not advance

See also

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.
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