Italy at the 2016 Summer Paralympics explained

Italy competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for three athletes in sailing events. Martina Caironi has been chosen to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.^[1]

Medallists

Medal	Athlete	Sport	Event
			200 m medley SM9
			400 m freestyle S6
			Time Trial H5
			Time Trial H3
			Time Trial H2
			Shot Put women F11-12
			Individual Foil CB
			Road Race H3
			Relay Time Trial
			100 m women T42
			100 m backstroke men S1
			400 m freestyle men S9
			Men race PT2
			Long jump women T42
			400 m freestyle women S11
			100 m breaststroke women SB4
			Discus throw men F11
			100 m breaststroke men SB8
			Men's individual compound open
			Road race men H2
			Road race men H5
			100 m butterfly men S9
			50 m backstroke men S1
			50 m freestyle women S4
			Men's race PT1
			50 m butterfly women S5
			50 m backstroke men S3
			Team
			Women's single classes 1-2
			Men's single class 9
			Men's time trial C1
			Women's time trial H1-2-3
			50 m breaststroke men SB3
			Women's road race H1-2-3-4
			Men's road race C1-2-3
			Women's team foil
			400 m men T51
			Men's road race C4-5
			100 m women T42

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Italy qualified nine archers for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships and the 2016 European Qualifier Event. This included four spots in the compound open, 3 for men and 1 for a woman, 4 spots in the recurve open with 2 for a man and 2 for a woman, and 1 spot for a man in the W1 event.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Matteo Bonacina	align=left rowspan=3	Individual compound	661	19	L 135-143	Did not advance
Giampaolo Cancelli	670	11	W 146-128	L 134-140	Did not advance
Alberto Simonelli	678	7	W 137-121	W140-136	W143-136	W 146-144	L 143-144
Fabio Luca Azzolini	Individual compound W1	570	13		L 131-138	Did not advance
Roberto Airoldi	align=left rowspan=2	Individual recurve open	624	6	L 5-6	Did not advance
Alessandro Erario	601	15	W 6-0	L 1-7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eleonora Sarti	Individual compound open	649	7		L 132-133	Did not advance
Elisabetta Mijno	align=left rowspan=2	Individual recurve open	601	10	L 4-6	Did not advance
Veronica Floreno	549	22	W 6-4	L 0-6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alberto Simonelli Eleonora Sarti	Team compound open	1327	4		L 149-150	Did not advance
Elisabetta Mijno Roberto Airoldi	Team recurve open	1225	4	W 6-0	W 6-2	L 0-6	W5-1

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Men's

Athletes	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Alvise De Vidi	100 metres T51	22.73	5
400 metres T51	1:22.38
align=left rowspan=2	Emanuele di Marino	200 metres T44	24.74	6	Did not advance
400 metres T44	DSQ		Did not advance
Ruud Lorain Flovany Koutiki Tsilulu	400 metre T20	51.53	4 q	51.14	7
Alessandro di Lello	Marathon T46	DNS
Roberto la Barbera	Long jump T44	6.32	8
align=left rowspan=2	Oney Tapia	Shot put F12	12.72	9
Discus throw F11	40.89

Women's

Athletes	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Arjola Dedaj Guide: Elisa Bettini	100 metres T11	13.43	3	Did not advance
200 metres T11	27.69	3	Did not advance
Long jump T11	4.51	6
align=left rowspan=2	Oxana Corso	100 metres T35	15.67	5
200 metres T35	32.68	4
align=left rowspan=2	Martina Caironi	100 metres T42	14.80	1 Q	14.97
Long jump T42	4.66
Monica Graziana Contrafatto	align=left	100 metres T42	16.20	2 Q	16.30
align=left rowspan=3	Giuseppina Versace	100 metres T44	14.42	6	Did not advance
200 metres T44	28.13	3 Q	28.90	8
400 metres T44	DSQ
align=left rowspan=3	Federica Maspero	100 metres T44	14.37	5	Did not advance
200 metres T44	29.04	5	Did not advance
400 metres T44	1:03.83	4
align=left rowspan=2	Assunta Legnante	Shot put F12	15.74
Discus throw F11	31.51	4

Cycling

See main article: article and 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, Italy qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.^{[3] [4]}

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Class	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Emanuele Bersini Guide :Riccardo Panizza	Time trial	B	36:35.37	7
Road race	B	2:32:06	9
align=left rowspan=2	Luca Mazzone	Time trial	H2	32:07.09
Road race	H2	1:15:23
align=left rowspan=2	Vittorio Podestà	Time trial	H3	28:19.45
Road race	H3	1:33:17	6
align=left rowspan=2	Paolo Cecchetto	Time trial	H3	34:41.41	13
Road race	H3	1:33:17
align=left rowspan=2	Alessandro Zanardi	Time trial	H5	28:36.81
Road race	H5	1:37:49
align=left rowspan=2	Giancarlo Masini	Time trial	C1	28:47.83
Road race	C1-3	1:55:20	19
align=left rowspan=2	Fabio Anobile	Time trial	C3	41:03.19	7
Road race	C1-3	1:49:11
align=left rowspan=2	Andrea Tarlao	Time trial	C5	38:14.59	5
Road race	C4-5	2:13:46
align=left rowspan=2	Pierpaolo Addesi	Time trial	C5	41:28.36	11
Road race	C4-5	2:15:41	7
align=left rowspan=2	Giorgio Farroni	Time trial	T1-2	38:14.59	5
Road race	T1-2	3:52:00	5
Vittorio Podestà Luca Mazzone Alessandro Zanardi	align=left colspan=2	Mixed team relay	32:34:00

Women

Athlete	Event	Class	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Francesca Porcellato	Time trial	H1-3	34:20.48
Road race	H1-4	1:15:58
align=left rowspan=2	Jenny Narcisi	Time trial	C4	32:19.73	6
Road race	C4-5	2:28:56	13

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Class	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Giancarlo Masini	Time trial	1km C1-3	1:22.79	25
Individual pursuit	C1	4:14.79	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Class	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jenny Narcisi	Time trial	500m C4-5	45.421	14
Individual pursuit	C4	4:19.968	8

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The country qualified to participate in the team event at the Rio Games.^[5]

See main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Italy fielded a squad of four riders to compete.

Athlete	Horse	Grade	Dressage individual Test		Dressage freestyle Test		Dressage team test
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sara Morganti	Royal Delight	Ia	DNS		Did not advance		WD
align=left	Luigi Ferdinando Acerbi		Quasimodo di Sanpatrignano	67.826	15	Did not advance		70.000
align=left	Francesca Salvadé	Muggel 4	II	69.147	9	Did not advance		69.147
align=left	Silvia Veratti	Zadok		69.353	6	Did not advance		69.353
align=left	Luigi Ferdinando Acerbi Sara Morganti Francesca Salvadé Silvia Veratti	See above	Team	208.500[6]	9

Paracanoeing

See main article: article and Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Italy 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. Salvatore Ravalli earned the spot for Italy after finishing sixth in the men's KL1 event. Federico Mancarella earned another spot for Italy after finishing fourth in the men's KL2 event. Veronica Yoko Plebani earned a third spot for Italy after finishing fifthin the women's KL3 event.^{[7] [8]}

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Salvatore Ravalli	Men's KL1	01:16.28	5 SF	01:07.65	5	Did not advance
Federico Mancarella	Men's KL2	47.300	3 SF	47.408	1 F	45.596	5
Veronica Yoko Plebani	Women's KL3	55.466	2 F	52.802	6

Qualification Legend: SF = Qualify to semifinal; FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); F=Qualify to final

Paratriathlon

See main article: Paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Giovanni Achenza	Men's PT1	1:01:45
Michele Ferrarin	align=left rowspan=2	Men's PT2	1:12:30
Giovanni Sasso	1:19:17	9

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Italy qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the AS Men's Single Sculls event with an eighth-place finish in a time of 04:58.860. Italy qualified a second boat in the AS Women's Single Sculls event with a sixth-place finish in a time of 05:50.920.^{[9] [10]} Italy qualified a third boat with a fourth-place finish in the LTA Mixed Coxed Four event in a time of 03:30.980, eleven seconds behind first-place finisher, Great Britain, who had a time of 03:19.560.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fabrizio Caselli	Men's single sculls	5:10.02	3 R	5:08.96	4 FB	5:06.37	8
Eleonora de Paolis	Women's single sculls	5:50.99	5 R	5:58.65	4 FB	5:54.13	9
Valentina Grassi Tommaso Schettino Luca Lunghi Florinda Trombetta Giuseppe Di Capua	Mixed coxed four	3:37.37	5 R	3:42.45	4 FB	3:35.76	10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Italy qualified a boat for one of the three sailing classes at the Games through their results at the 2014 Disabled Sailing World Championships held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A crew qualified for the two-person SKUD-18 class.^[12]

An alternative pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Italy qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the Sonar event with a fourteenth-place finish overall and the sixth country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships.^{[12] [13] [14]} Italy qualified a second under this criterion in the 2.4m event with a tenth-place finish overall and the second country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Antonio Squizzato.^{[12] [13] [15]}

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Antonio Squizzato	Norlin Mark 3 / 2.4 Metre	10	6	9	7	4	9	6	5	6	10		72	7
Marco Gualandris Marta Zanetti	Skud 18	2	4	7	7	DSQ	DNF 12	4	9	3	3	5	56	6
Gianluca Raggi Fabrizio Solazzo Gian Bachisio Pira	Sonar		13	11	13	12	13	7	12	9	6	13	109	12

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Nadia Fario in the P4 – 50m Pistol Mixed SH1 event.^{[16] [17]}

The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Massimo Croci earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event.^{[16] [18]}

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Pamela Novaglio earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R5 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 event.^{[16] [19]}

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Massimo Croci	Mixed 10 M air rifle prone SH1	631.7	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Nadia Fario	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	360.0	12	Did not advance
Mixed 50 M pistol SH1	522.0	13	Did not advance
Pamela Novaglio	Mixed 10 M air rifle prone SH2	627.5	27	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Francesco Bocciardo earned Italy a spot after winning gold in the Men's 400m Freestyle S6.^{[20] [21]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Vincenzo Boni	50 metre freestyle S3	47.03	4 Q	47.32	5
100 metre freestyle S4	1:39.66	10	Did not advance
50 metre backstroke S3	47.16	2 Q	46.67
200 metre freestyle S3	3:30.02	4
Giovanni Sciaccaluga	50 metre freestyle S5	36.35	7 Q	36.85	8
	100 metre freestyle S5	1:22.45	9	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle S5	2:54.48	7 Q	2:51.63	7
Marco Maria Dolfin	50 metre freestyle S6	36.05	21	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke SB5	1:40.00	5 Q	1:38.27	4
	200 metre individual medley SM6	3:23.30	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Francesco Bocciardo	50 metre freestyle S6	33.16	13	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle S6	1:09.63	7 Q	1:09.64	8
400 metre freestyle S6	5:18.61	2 Q	5:02.15
align=left rowspan=5	Riccardo Menciotti	50 metre freestyle S10	25.77	13	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle S10	56.77	14	Did not advance
400 metre freestyle S10	4:30.27	15	Did not advance
100 metre backstroke S10	1:02.63	8 Q	1:02.70	8
100 metre butterfly S10	59.33	7 Q	59.65	7
align=left rowspan=3	Fabrizio Sottile	50 metre freestyle S12	25.95	14	Did not advance
100 metre backstroke S12	1:08.93	10	Did not advance
100 metre breaststroke SB12	1:13.60	8 Q	1:13.92	8
align=left rowspan=4	Valerio Taras	100 metre freestyle S7	1:08.64	10	Did not advance
400 metre freestyle S7	5:17.42	9	Did not advance
50 metre butterfly S7	34.17	11	Did not advance
200 metre individual medley SM7	2:48.98	6 Q	2:47.27	7
align=left rowspan=5	Federico Morlacchi	100 metre freestyle S9	57.75	6 Q	57.28	4
400 metre freestyle S9	4:22.20	2 Q	4:17.91
100 metre breaststroke SB8	1:12.68
100 metre butterfly S9	1:01.57	2 Q	59.52
200 metre individual medley SM9	2:20.15	3 Q	2:16.72
align=left rowspan=2	Francesco Bettella	50 metre backstroke S1	1:12.49
100 metre backstroke S1	2:27.06
align=left rowspan=3	Efrem Morelli	50 metre backstroke S4	49.75	8 Q	52.54	8
50 metre breaststroke SB3	49.88	4 Q	49.92
150 metre individual medley SM4	2:41.32	4 Q	2:43.75	5
align=left rowspan=3	Andrea Massussi	50 metre backstroke S5	43.82	8 Q	42.22	7
100 metre breaststroke SB4	1:51.96	7
50 metre butterfly S5	48.21	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arjola Trimi	50 metre freestyle S4	42.60	4 Q	40.51
	50 metre backstroke S4	57.09	7 Q	54.03	5
	50 metre breaststroke SB3	1:06.55	5 Q	1:07.69	6
	150 metre individual medley SM4	3:02.37	5 Q	2:57.91	5
Emanuela Romano	50 metre freestyle S6	37.04	8 Q	36.62	8
	100 metre freestyle S6	1:20.15	7 Q	1:18.34	7
	400 metre freestyle S6	5:58.53	8 Q	5:51.05	7
	100 metre backstroke S6	1:32.42	6 Q	1:32.45	5
	100 metre breaststroke SB5	1:50.90	6 Q	1:52.33	7
Francesca Secci	50 metre freestyle S9	31.94	18	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle S9	1:09.95	19	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle S9	5:11.18	12	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke S9	DSQ		Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly S9	1:14.64	12	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley SM9	2:50.91	18	Did not advance
Cecilia Camellini	50 metre freestyle S11	31.52	5 Q	31.71	5
	100 metre freestyle S11	1:09.10	2 Q	1:10.39	5
	400 metre freestyle S11	5:19.17	1 Q	5:16.36
	100 metre backstroke S11	1:22.01	4 Q	1:23.12	7
Martina Rabbolini	50 metre freestyle S11	34.88	11	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle S11	1:18.50	13	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle S11	5:51.70	11	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke S11	1:30.28	12	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke SB11	1:38.81	7
	200 metre individual medley SM11	3:15.67	11	Did not advance
Alessia Berra	50 metre freestyle S13	28.85	7 Q	29.01	8
	100 metre freestyle S13	1:02.29	7 Q	1:02.16	7
	400 metre freestyle S13	4:46.39	4 Q	4:44.52	5
	100 metre butterfly S13	1:07.39	5 Q	1:08.24	6
	200 metre individual medley SM13	2:36.39	6 Q	2:37.91	7
Xenia Francesca Palazzo	200 metre freestyle S14	2:21.25	8 Q	2:19.21	6
	100 metre backstroke S14	1:18.26	8 Q	1:17.64	8
	100 metre breaststroke SB14	1:29.72	11	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley SM14	2:48.04	10	Did not advance
Arianna Talamona	400 metre freestyle S7	5:48.37	7
	100 metre backstroke S7	1:33.46	12	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke SB6	1:52.14	10	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley SM7	3:18.06	6 Q	3:16.97	6
align=left rowspan=2	Gloria Boccanera	50 metre backstroke S2	1:22.80	4
100 metre backstroke S2	3:18.38	6
Giulia Ghiretti	50 metre backstroke S5	54.68	10	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke SB4	1:55.58	3 Q	1:50.58
	50 metre butterfly S5	48.33	4 Q	45.74

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Borgato	Individual C1	L 2-3	W 3-1		2		L 0-3	Did not advance
Giuseppe Vella	Individual C2	L 0-3	L 1-3		3	Did not advance
Raimondo Alecci	Individual C6	L 0-3	L 2-3		3	Did not advance
Mohamed Amine Kalem	Individual C9	W 3-2	L 2-3		2	W 3-0	W 3-2	L 1-3	W 3-0
Andrea Borgato Giuseppe Vella	Team C1-2	L 0-2	Did not advance
Raimondo Alecci Mohamed Amine Kalem	Team C9-10	L 0-2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Giada Rossi	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C1-2	W 3-0	W 3-1		1		W 3-2	L 0-3	W 3-0
Clara Podda	L 0-3	W 3-2		2		L 0-3	Did not advance
Michela Brunelli	Individual C3	W 3-2	W 3-1		1		L 0-3	Did not advance
Giada Rossi Clara Podda Michela Brunelli	Team C1-3	W 2-1	L 0-2	L 1-2	4

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: article and Wheelchair fencing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Italy will send eight wheelchair fencers to the Rio Paralympics.^[22]

Men

Athlete	Event	Pools	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Matteo Betti	Men's épée	Category A	6 Q		L 11-15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Men's foil	Category A	6 Q		L 14-15	Did not advance
Emanuele Lambertini	8 Q			L 5-15	Did not advance
Marco Cima	Category B	2 Q		W 15-14	L 14-15	L 4-15	4
align=left rowspan=2		Alessio Sarri	6 Q		L 14-15	Did not advance
Men's sabre	Category B	4 Q		L 13-15	Did not advance
Alberto Pellegrini	Men's sabre	Category A	7 Q		L 5-15	Did not advance
Matteo Betti Marco Cima Emanuele Lambertini	Men's épée	Team	5	Did not advance	5th-6th classification W 45-38	5
Matteo Betti Marco Cima Emanuele Lambertini	Men's foil	Team	5	Did not advance	5th-6th classification W 45-14	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Pools	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Loredana Trigilia	align=left rowspan=4	Women's foil	Category A	10		Did not advance
Andreea Mogos	7 Q			L 7-15	Did not advance
Beatrice Vio	Category B	1 Q		W 15-6	W 15-1	W 15-7
Loredana Trigilia Andreea Mogos Beatrice Vio	Team	3 Q	L 37-45	W 45-44

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: article and Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Italy qualified one competitors in the men's single event, Fabian Mazzei. Italy qualified one player in the women's singles event, Marianna Lauro. The country also qualified one player in the quad singles event, Alberto Corradi.^[23]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fabian Mazzei	Singles	L 5-7, 3-6	Did not advance
Alberto Corradi	Quad	L 2-6, 3-6	Did not advance

Women

See also

• Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Martina Caironi announced as Italy's flagbearer for Rio 2016. paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 11 May 2016. 25 April 2016.
2. Web site: DONAUESCHINGEN AWARDS 82 RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC QUOTA PLACES . World Archery Federation. 24 December 2015. 26 August 2015.
3. Web site: CYCLING QUALIFICATION . International Paralympic Committee . 24 December 2015 . 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151225110516/http://www.rio2016.com/sites/all/iframe/infograficos/paralimpicos/ciclismo-de-estrada/pdf/cycling-paralympics.pdf . 25 December 2015 .
4. Web site: Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014. UCI. 24 December 2015. 31 December 2014.
5. Web site: EQUESTRIAN. August 24, 2016. FEI. International Paralympic Committee. August 24, 2016.
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