Romania at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeROU
NPCNational Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors12 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Eduard Novak
Medals
Ranked 76th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Romania competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 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
 Bronze Alex Bologa Judo Men's 60 kg 8 September

Competitors

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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

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, 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

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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 0003–0002 		 Mouloud Noura (ALG)
W 0003–0002 		 Hirose Makoto (JPN)
L 000–100 		N/A  Henry Borges (URU)
W 100-000 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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

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.
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