Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | LTU |
| NPC | Lithuanian Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 13 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Edgaras Matakas (opening) |
| Medals Ranked 44th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Soviet Union (1988) | |
Lithuania competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They won three medals, two golds and one silver.
Disability classifications
[edit]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
[edit]| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Mindaugas Bilius | Athletics | Men's shot put F37 | 14 September |
| Gold | Lithuania men's national goalball team | Goalball | Men's tournament | 16 September |
 Silver | Mindaugas Bilius | Athletics | Men's discus throw F37 | 8 September |
| Medals by sport | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport |  |  |  | Total | ||
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Goalball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Athletics
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ramunė Adomaitienė | Women's long jump T38 | — | 4.52 | 4 | |
| Mindaugas Bilius | Men's discus throw F37 | — | 53.50 | | |
| Men's shot put F37 | — | 16.80 | | ||
| Kęstutis Skučas | Men's 100 m T52 | 21.03 | 7 | Did not advance | |
| Men's discus throw F52 | — | 17.08 | 4 | ||
| Jonas Spudis | Men's javelin throw F44 | — | 50.79 | 10 | |
Goalball
[edit]- Summary
Key:
- ET: After Extra Time
- P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Lithuania men's | Men's tournament |  FinlandW 13–6 |  United StatesW 8–7 |  ChinaW 3–1 |  TurkeyW 5–3 | 1 |  CanadaW 5–4 |  SwedenW 7–2 | United States W 14–8 | |
Lithuania's men enter the tournament ranked 1st in the world.[4]
- Squad
The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5]
| No. | Player | Class | Date of birth (age) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nerijus Montvydas | B1 | 21 January 1985 (aged 31) |
| 3 | Justas Pazarauskas | B1 | 15 December 1991 (aged 24) |
| 5 | Mantas Brazauskis | B2 | 15 June 1990 (aged 26) |
| 6 | Mantas Panovas | B2 | 20 August 1989 (aged 27) |
| 7 | Genrik Pavliukianec | B1 | 17 June 1976 (aged 40) |
| 9 | Mindaugas Suchovejus | B1 | 2 April 1988 (aged 28) |
- Preliminary round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 12 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | China | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Finland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 3 |
| 8 September 2016 17:30 | Finland | 6–13 | Lithuania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| Miinala 3 Mattila 1 Posio 1 Honkanen 1 | Report | Pavliukianec 7 Pažarauskas 5 Panovas 1 | ||
| 10 September 2016 13:15 | Lithuania | 8–7 | United States | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP) Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| Pavliukianec 6 Pazarauskas 2 | Report | Hamilton 5 Merren 2 | ||
| 12 September 2016 14:15 | Lithuania | 3–1 | China | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Joelle Boulet (CAN) |
| Pavliukianec 2 Pazarauskas 1 | Report | Chen 1 | ||
| 13 September 2016 20:45 | Turkey | 3–5 | Lithuania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| Karakaya 2 Gündoğdu 1 | Report | Panovas 2 Pavliukianec 1 Pazarauskas 1 Montvydas 1 | ||
- Quarterfinal
| 14 September 2016 18:00 | Lithuania | 5–4 | Canada | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Alexander Knecht (GER) |
| Pazarauskas 3 Pavliukianec 2 | Report | Ripley 2 Hache 1 Nesbitt 1 | ||
- Semifinal
| 15 September 2016 18:30 | Lithuania | 7–2 | Sweden | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP) |
| Pavliukianec 5 Pazarauskas 2 | Report | Seremeti 1 Weichel 1 | ||
- Final
| 16 September 2016 20:00 | United States | 8–14 | Lithuania | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA) |
| Simpson 4 Hamilton 1 Jenks 1 Merren 1 Walker 1 | Report | Pavliukianec 8 Pazarauskas 6 | ||
Judo
[edit]| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze medal | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Osvaldas Bareikis | Men's 66 kg |  Falcon (VEN)W 000–000 |  Khorava (UKR)L 000–100 | Did not advance |  Perez Diaz (CUB)W 001–000 |  Fujimoto (JPN)L 000–000 | Did not advance | 4 |
Rowing
[edit]| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Augustas Navickas[6] | Men's single sculls | 5:10.24 | 4 R | 5:13.07 | 5 FB | 5:10.21 | 10 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
Swimming
[edit]- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Edgaras Matakas | 50 m freestyle S11 | 27.86 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle S11 | 1:06.09 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
| 400 m freestyle S11 | — | 5:30.66 | 8 | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "IBSA Goalball World Rankings" (PDF). IBSA Sports. IBSA Sports. July 31, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ^ "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Lithuania". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ Irkluotojas A. Navickas gavo vardinį kvietimą į Rio de Žaneiro parolimpines žaidynes
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