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2016 Rio Paralympic Games

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

7 - 18 September 2016

8 Athletes

15 Events

6 Medallists

9 Medals

4 Paralympic Records

11 New Zealand Records

11 Personal Bests

Amazing Performance by
the NZL Para-Athletics Team!

Athletes

		Clas	Event	Personal Best
Caitlin Dore	Bio	F37	Javelin	Javelin 22.30
Anna Grimaldi	Bio	T47	Long Jump 100m 200m	Long 5.41 100m 13.16 200m 26.73
Jessica Hamill	Bio	F34	Shot Put	Shot 7.84
Rory McSweeney	Bio	F44	Javelin	Javelin 55.80
Liam Malone	Bio	T43	100m 200m 400m	100m 11.26 200m 22.14 400m 48.28
Jacob Phillips	Bio	T35	100m 200m	100m 14.05 200m 28.98
Holly Robinson	Bio	F46	Javelin	Javelin 40.81
William Stedman	Bio	T36	400m 800m Long Jump	400m 56.35 800m 2:12.27 Long 5.22

Bio

Timetable

Athlete	Event	Round	Date (NZ)	Time (NZ)	Position	Performance	Result
Liam Malone	100m T44	Heats	9 Sept	08:42 am	1st	10.90 PB NZR PR	Q
Anna Grimaldi	Long Jump T47	Final	9 Sept	09:11 am	1st	5.62 PB NZR	GOLD

Jacob Phillips	100m T35	Heats	10 Sept	01:51 am	4th	14.27	q
Jacob Phillips	100m T35	Final	10 Sept	08:30 am	8th	14.14	8th
Rory McSweeney	Javelin F44	Final	10 Sept	08:45 am	3rd	54.99	BRONZE
Liam Malone	100m T44	Final	10 Sept	11:00 am	2nd	11.02	SILVER

Caitlin Dore	Javelin F37	Final	11 Sept	10:22 am	7th	20.87	7th
Anna Grimaldi	100m T47	Heats	11 Sept	10:36 am	4th	12.88 PB NZR	q

Jacob Phillips	200m T35	Heats	12 Sept	02:19 am	5th	28.78 PB NZR	q
Anna Grimaldi	100m T47	Final	12 Sept	09:56 am	4th	12.96	4th
Liam Malone	200m T44	Heats	12 Sept	11:03 am	1st	21.33 PB NZR	Q

William Stedman	Long Jump T36	Final	13 Sept	01:40 am	5th	5.35 PB NZR PR	5th
Jacob Phillips	200m T35	Final	13 Sept	01:50 am	8th	29.10	8th
Liam Malone	200m T44	Final	13 Sept	10:20am	1st	21.06 PB NZR PR	GOLD

Holly Robinson	Javelin F46	Final	14 Sept	02:04 am	2nd	41.22 PB NZR	SILVER

Jessica Hamill	Shot Put F34	Final	15 Sept	08:30 am	3rd	7.54	BRONZE
Liam Malone	400m T44	Heats	15 Sept	09:06 am	2nd	48.34	Q

Liam Malone	400m T44	Final	16 Sept	02:38 am	1st	46.20 PB NZR PR	GOLD
Anna Grimaldi	200m T47	Heats	16 Sept	09:33 am	-	Disqualified	-

William Stedman	400m T36	Final	17 Sept	01:15 am	3rd	55.69 PB NZR	BRONZE

William Stedman	800m T36	Final	18 Sept	10:17 am	3rd	2:11.98 PB NZR	BRONZE

Television Coverage

The 2016 Rio Paralympics will be covered by TVNZ and Attitude Pictures broadcasting an unprecedented 180 hours of free-to-air live and delayed coverage and highlights during the Games, with coverage appearing on DUKE (Freeview 13 & Sky 23), TV1, ONE News and other programmes, including Breakfast and Seven Sharp.
Athletics will be shown live on DUKE.

Watch the Rio 2016 Paralympics games here

Links

Para-Athletics Cheat Sheet

New Zealand Para-Athletics Records

IPC World Rankings

Paralympics New Zealand

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

International Paralympic Committee

Contacts

Team Leader	Raylene Bates
Mob NZ	021 895 400
Email
Selection Convenor	Graham Seatter
Mob	021 279 3000
Email

News

18 Sept 2016	Double bronze for Stedman at 16
16 Sept 2016	Malone wins gold over 400m
15 Sept 2016	Hamill wins Paralympic shot put bronze
14 Sept 2016	Javelin Silver for Robinson
13 Sept 2016	Malone wins Paralympic 200m Gold
10 Sept 2016	Malone and McSweeney bag medals in Rio
9 Sept 2016	Grimaldi grabs gold on Day 1 of Paralympics
4 Sept 2016	Kiwi blade runner on track for podium
7 Jul 2016	Dore and Phillips complete Paralympics team
23 May 2016	Six named in Rio Paralympics Team
23 Mar 2016	Malone's Road to Rio
5 Nov 2015	Hamill's journey against the odds
1 Nov 2015	Bronze for Robinson at World Champs
31 Oct 2015	World Champs silver for McSweeney
24 Oct 2015	Bronze for Grimaldi at World IPC Champs
23 Oct 2015	Hamill wins silver at World Champs
22 Oct 2015	Kiwi athletes ready for IPC action in Doha
7 Oct 2015	Para-Athlete progress rewarded
14 Sep 2015	Team named for Doha IPC World Champs

Support Staff

Team Leader	Raylene Bates
Assistant Manager	Scott Goodman
Coaches	Raylene Bates
	Scott Goodman
	Jonathan Black
Physiotherapists	Jarrod Scott
	Helen Littleworth