| Individual Paralympic Athletes at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
.svg) This flag is not correct. Please clickhere to see the correct one. | |
| IPC code | IPA |
| NPC | Independent Paralympic Athletes |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 2 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer | Ibrahim Al Hussein |
| Medals |
|
| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Refugee Paralympic Team (2020) | |
TheIndependent Paralympic Athletes Team, a team consisting of refugee and asylee Paralympic athletes, competed at the2016 Summer Paralympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Its creation was announced on 5 August 2016.
The team was announced on August 5, 2016, by the International Paralympic Committee.[1] Participants were nominated for the team by National Paralympic Committees who were aware of qualified sportspeople. The International Paralympic Committee stepped in to assist with getting athletes ready by doing a number of things, including insuring that athletes wereclassified.[1]
On 26 August 2016, the IPC announced the two members of the refugee team: Ibrahim Al Hussein of Syria, who will compete in the S10 50 and 100 m freestyle swimming events, and Shahrad Nasajpour of Iran, who will compete in F37 Discus.[2][3]Tony Sainsbury was thechef de mission of the team; Sainsbury has previously been the chef de mission of theBritish Paralympic Team at fiveParalympics.[2]
The team was considered a success and it was recreated as theRefugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and both of the athletes in this team returned in 2020.
| Parathlete | Country of origin | Host NPC | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahrad Nasajpour |  Iran |  USA | Para athletics | Men's Discus F37 |
| Ibrahim Al Hussein |  Syria |  Greece | Para swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S9 Men's 100m freestyle S9 |
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of fivedisability 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, includingblindness;Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for exampledwarfism ormultiple sclerosis.[4][5] EachParalympic 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 asathletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for exampleswimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[6]
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shahrad Nasajpour | Discus F37 | 39.64 | 11 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ibrahim Al Hussein | 50 m freestyle S9 | 35.54 | 18 | did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle S9 | 1:20.98 | 21 | did not advance | ||
.svg){kind=logo}
.svg){kind=link}