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Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

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Disability classifications

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. 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.

Competitors

The following table lists Trinidad and Tobago's delegation per sport and gender.

Medalists

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

Athletics

Men's Field
Women's Track

Swimming

Women

References

Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Wikipedia