Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IPC codeGBR
NPCBritish Paralympic Association
Websitewww.paralympics.org.uk
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors265[3] in 19 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Lee Pearson CBE[2]
Flag bearer (closing)Kadeena Cox[1]
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
64
Silver
39
Bronze
44
Total
147
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed, under the name Great Britain, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places for which the team qualified were for six athletes in sailing events.

Administration[edit]

On 19 November 2014, the British Paralympic Association announced the appointment of Penny Briscoe as chef-de-mission to the British Paralympic team at Rio 2016. The Association's President Tim Reddish OBE was Head of Delegation, while CEO Tim Hollingsworth was Secretary General.[4] On 3 August 2015, the BPA announced that Anna Scott-Marshall would replace Jane Jones as Deputy Secretary General of the British delegation.[5]

  • Tim Reddish OBE – Head of Delegation
  • Penny Briscoe – Chef de Mission
  • David Courell – Deputy Chef de Mission
  • Georgina Sharples – Deputy Chef de Mission
  • Tim Hollingsworth – Secretary General
  • Anna Scott-Marshall – Deputy Secretary General
  • Dr Stuart Miller – Chief Medical Officer
  • Tash Carpenter – Chief Press Officer

Funding[edit]

As with previous Games UK Sport was the body responsible for allocating elite funding for Paralympic sports. In December 2012 a record £347 million of funding for Olympic and Paralympic athletes was announced with the aim of becoming the first nation in recent history to win more medals at the Games following being the host nation.[6]

Three sports, wheelchair fencing, goalball and five-a-side football, had all their funding withdrawn,[7] a decision that was confirmed following an appeal process.[8] On the 5 February 2015, UK Sport announced that funding would be restored to wheelchair fencing for the Rio cycle.[9]

Medal and performance targets[edit]

UK Sport targeted at least 121 medals for Rio to surpass the 120 medals won at the 2012 Games in London, setting the target range as 113-165 medals.[10] The GB squad surpassed this target on 16 September[11] and finished with a total of 147 medals, which was their best medal haul since the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea.[12] The team won medals in 15 sports, and won gold across 11 sports, which eclipsed even China who medalled in 13 sports and topped the podium in 9 sports. It was only the second time that a country had won gold medals across so many sports matching the achievement of China in 2008.[13]

Key Red XN Target missed Green tickY Target met Green tickYGreen tickY Target exceeded
Sport Medals
target set		 Medals or result Target missed,
met, or exceeded
Archery 3-6 6 Green tickY
Athletics 28-34 33 Green tickY
Boccia 2–5 1 Red XN
Cycling 16–22 21 Green tickY
Equestrian 8-11 11 Green tickY
Football 7-a-side 0 0 Green tickY
Judo 2–4 0 Red XN
Para-Canoe 2–3 5 Green tickYGreen tickY
Para-Triathlon 3-7 4 Green tickY
Powerlifting 1-3 2 Green tickY
Rowing 2–3 4 Green tickYGreen tickY
Sailing 2–3 2 Green tickY
Shooting 2-5 0 Red XN
Swimming 35-45 47 Green tickYGreen tickY
Table Tennis 4–6 3 Red XN
Wheelchair Basketball 0–2 1 Green tickY
Wheelchair Fencing 1-2 1 Green tickY
Wheelchair Rugby 0-1 0 Green tickY
Wheelchair Tennis 2–3 6 Green tickYGreen tickY
Total 113-165 147 Green tickY

Competitors[edit]

Dame Sarah Storey DBE, the track and road cyclist, and Wheelchair Basketball player Simon Munn participated at their seventh Paralympic Games.[14][15] Storey celebrated this achievement by becoming Great Britain's most successful female paralympian.[16]

The youngest athlete on the team was thirteen-year-old swimmer Abby Kane. Anne Dunham MBE was the oldest member of the team at 67, bringing four Games worth of experience to a team of equestrian riders. Both athletes won medals during 11 days of competition.[17]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that guides in Athletics and Para-Triathlon, competition partners in Boccia, and pilots in Cycling are counted as athletes:

Disability classifications[edit]

Main article: Disability sport classification

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.[18][19] 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.[20]

Medallists[edit]

Further information: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table

The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.

Multiple medallists[edit]

The following Team GB competitors won several medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games.

Name Medal Sport Event
Bethany Firth  Gold Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle S14
 Gold Women's 200 metre backstroke S14
 Gold Women's 200 metre individual medley SM14
 Silver Women's 100 metre backstroke S14
Sophie Christiansen  Gold Equestrian Individual championship test – grade 1a
 Gold team championship
 Gold individual freestyle – grade Ia
Natasha Baker  Gold Equestrian Individual championship test – grade II
 Gold team championship
 Gold individual freestyle – grade III
Sarah Storey  Gold Cycling Women's individual pursuit C5
 Gold Women's time trial C5
 Gold Women's road race C4-5
Hannah Cockroft  Gold Athletics Women's 100 metres T34
 Gold Women's 400 metres T34
 Gold Women's 800 metres T34
Stephanie Millward  Gold Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke S8
 Gold Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay 34 pts  Silver Women's 200 metre individual medley SM8  Bronze Women's 100 metre freestyle S8  Bronze Women's 400 metre freestyle S8 Kadeena Cox *  Gold Cycling Women's 500m time trial C4-5
 Gold Athletics Women's 400m T38
 Silver Women's 4 × 100 metres relay T35–38
 Bronze Women's 100m T38
Sophie Wells  Gold Equestrian Individual championship test – grade IV
 Gold team championship
 Silver individual freestyle – grade IV
Georgina Hermitage  Gold Athletics Women's 100 metres T37
 Gold Women's 400 metres T37
 Silver Women's 4 × 100 metres relay T35–38
Oliver Hynd  Gold Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S8
 Gold Men's 200 metre individual medley SM8
 Silver Men's 100 metre backstroke S8
Stephen Bate
(Adam Duggleby – pilot)		  Gold Cycling Men's individual time trial B
 Gold Men's time trial B
 Bronze Men's road race B
Hannah Russell  Gold Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S12
 Gold Women's 50 m freestyle S12
 Bronze Women's 100 m freestyle S13
Jody Cundy  Gold Cycling Men's individual time trial C4-5
 Gold Men's team sprint
John Walker  Gold Archery Men's individual compound W1
 Gold Team compound W1
Libby Clegg
(Chris Clarke – guide)		  Gold Athletics Women's 100 metres T11
 Gold Women's 200 metres T11
Anne Dunham  Gold Equestrian team championship
 Silver Individual championship test – grade Ia
 Silver Individual freestyle test – grade Ia
Richard Whitehead  Gold Athletics Men's 200 T42
 Silver Men's 100 T42
Paul Blake  Gold Athletics Men's 400 metres T36
 Silver Men's 800 metres T36
Sophie Hahn  Gold Athletics Women's 100 metres T38
 Silver Women's 4 × 100 metres T35–38
Gordon Reid  Gold Wheelchair tennis Men's singles
 Silver Men's doubles
Lee Pearson  Gold Equestrian Individual freestyle test – grade Ib
 Silver Individual championship test grade Ib
Claire Cashmore  Gold
 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 34 pts
 Silver Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8
Stephanie Slater  Gold
 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 34 pts
 Silver Women's 100 metre butterfly S8
Jo Frith  Gold Archery Team compound W1
 Silver Women's individual compound W1
Susie Rodgers  Gold Swimming Women's 50 metre butterfly S5
 Bronze Women's 50 metre freestyle S5
 Bronze Women's 400 metre freestyle S5
Louis Rolfe  Gold
 Cycling Men's team sprint
 Bronze Men's individual time trial C1-2-3
Will Bayley  Gold
 Table tennis Men's individual – Class 7
 Bronze Men's team – Class 6–8
Eleanor Simmonds  Gold
 Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley SM6
 Bronze Women's 200 metre freestyle S6
Ellie Robinson  Gold
 Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly S6
 Bronze Women's 100 m freestyle S6
Alice Tai  Gold
 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 34 pts
 Bronze Women's 100 m backstroke S10
Sophie Thornhill
(Helen Scott – pilot)		  Gold Cycling Women's individual time trial B
 Bronze Women's individual pursuit B
Lora Turnham
(Corrine Hall – pilot)		  Gold Cycling Women's individual pursuit B
 Bronze Women's time trial B
Jessica-Jane Applegate  Silver Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle S14
 Silver Women's 200 metre individual medley SM14
 Bronze Women's 200 metre backstroke S14
Jonathan Fox  Silver Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S7
 Silver Men's 100 metre backstroke S7
Thomas Hamer  Silver Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle S14
 Silver Men's 200 m individual medley SM14
Alfie Hewett  Silver Wheelchair tennis Men's doubles
 Silver Men's singles
Kare Adenegan  Silver Athletics Women's 100 metres T34
 Bronze Women's 400 metres T34
 Bronze Women's 800 metres T34
Maria Lyle  Silver Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres T35–38
 Bronze Women's 100 metre T35
 Bronze Women's 200 metre T35
Andrew Mullen  Silver Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke S5
 Bronze Men's 400 m freestyle S5
 Bronze Men's 100 m freestyle S5
Andy Lapthorne  Silver Wheelchair tennis Quad singles
 Bronze Quad doubles
Crystal Lane  Silver Cycling Women's individual pursuit C5
 Bronze Women's road race C5
David Stone  Silver Cycling Men's road race T1–2
 Bronze Men's time trial T1–2

*Kadeena Cox's gold medal in the 500m time trial made her the first Great Britain paralympian to win medals in two different sports in the same Games for 28 years.

Archery[edit]

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain earned nine spots for Rio based on their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. The team earned 3 spots in the compound open event, 2 for men and 1 for a woman, earned 2 spots in the recurve open, 1 man and 1 woman, earned 4 spots in the W1 event, 2 men and 2 woman. The first two spots were earned by Jo Frith and John Walker, with 2004 Paralympian John Cavanagh winning the country's third spot. Jessica Stretton's bronze medal at the event gave the country their fourth spot. John Stubbs MBE and Mel Clarke then earned the country's fifth and sixth spots. Other archers assisting in qualifying spots included Michael Hall, David Phillips and Tania Nadarajah.[21] In April 2016, Nathan MacQueen secured a tenth quota for Great Britain at the Continental Qualifying Tournament held during the 2016 European Para-Archery Championships.[22] On 21 June, the British Paralympic Association announced the names of the ten archers who will represent Team GB in Rio.[23] On 9 July, it was announced that the World Archery Federation had given a bipartite invitation to Vicky Jenkins to compete in the women's compound W1 event.[24]

The qualifiers in the mixed team events are also entitled to compete in the individual events.

Individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Michael Hall Men's individual compound open 662 18  Imboden (SUI)
W 141–139 		 Polish (USA)
W 139–133 		 Simonelli (ITA)
L 136–143 		Did not advance
Nathan MacQueen 681 5  Anderson (RSA)
W 144–129 		 Shelby (USA)
L 133–138 		Did not advance
John Stubbs MBE 676 8  Chailinfa (THA)
W 139–135 		 Milne (AUS)
L 129–137 		Did not advance
Jodie Grinham Women's individual compound open 643 10 Bye  Sarti (ITA)
W 133–132 		 Abbaspour (IRI)
L 136–137 		Did not advance
David Phillips Men's individual recurve open 595 16  Cordeiro (BRA)
W 6–2 		 Ranjbarkivaj (IRI)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Tania Nadarajah Women's individual recurve open 567 16  Buyanjargal (MGL)
L 2–6 		Did not advance
John Cavanagh Men's individual compound W1 608 9 —  Herter (GER)
L 124–130 		Did not advance
John Walker 634 5 —  Antonios (FIN)
W 131–123 		 Yenier (TUR)
W 131–128 		 Herter (GER)
W 135–131 		 Drahoninsky (CZE)
W 141–139 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jo Frith Women's individual compound W1 631 2 — Bye  Coryell (USA)
W 134–115 		 Kim (KOR)
W 131–123 		 Stretton (GBR)
L 124–137 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vicky Jenkins 582 5 — Bye  Lu (CHN)
W 130–128 		 Stretton (GBR)
L 131–141 		 Kim (KOR)
W 125–124 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jessica Stretton 634 1 — Bye  Musilova (CZE)
W 130–124 		 Jenkins (GBR)
W 141–131 PR 		 Frith (GBR)
W 137–124 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Team
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jodie Grinham
John Stubbs 		Team compound open 1324 5 Bye  Italy (ITA)
W 150–149 		 South Korea (KOR)
W 144–143 		 China (CHN)
L 143–151 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tania Nadarajah
David Phillips 		Team recurve open 1162 8  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 6–2 		 Iran (IRI)
L 4–5 		Did not advance
Jo Frith
John Walker 		Team compound W1 1268 1 — Bye  Czech Republic (CZE)
W 144–128 		 South Korea (KOR)
W 139–129 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain secured a first quota in athletics for Rio when David Weir finished second in his classification at the 2015 IPC Marathon World Championships in London. Another 15 athletes in the following list secured quotas for Great Britain by finishing in the first two places in their events at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships (note only one quota may be awarded per athlete).[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] The British Paralympic Association announced the first tranche of thirteen athletes to be selected for Rio on 23 June 2016.[35] Kadeena Cox had secured a second quota for Team GB in the women's T37 100m but has since been reclassified as a T38 athlete. On 26 July, the British Paralympic Association announced the remaining members of the British athletics team to compete in Rio.[36] F55 discus thrower Claire Harvey was forced to withdraw from the team due to injury.[37]

Men
Track
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Graeme Ballard 100 m T36 — 12.84 5
Paul Blake 400 m T36 — 54.49 SB 1st place, gold medalist(s)
800 m T36 — 2:09.65 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Dan Bramall 100 m T33 — 18.16 4
Mickey Bushell MBE 100 m T53 15.04 2 Q — 15.09 6
400 m T53 54.02 5 — Did not advance
Richard Chiassaro 100 m T54 14.83 3 — Did not advance
400 m T54 46.98 2 Q — 47.17 4
800 m T54 1:39.33 5 — Did not advance
Toby Gold 100 m T33 — 17.84 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
David Henson MBE 100 m T42 13.23 5 — Did not advance
200 m T42 25.26 3 Q — 24.74 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jordan Howe 100 m T35 DSQ — Did not advance
200 m T35 27.61 3 Q — 27.62 7
Moatez Jomni 100 m T53 15.64 4 — Did not advance
400 m T53 51.14 4 q — 51.53 8
800 m T53 1:46.23 6 — Did not advance
Rhys Jones 100 m T37 11.77 PB 4 q — 11.94 6
Simon Lawson Marathon T54 — 1:32:15 14
Stephen Morris 1500 m T20 — 3:58.69 6
Stephen Osborne 100 m T51 — 23.18 6
400 m T51 — 1:25.05 5
Jonnie Peacock MBE 100 m T44 10.81 PR 1 Q — 10.81 =PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Derek Rae Marathon T46 — DNF
Ben Rowlings 100 m T34 17.30 5 — Did not advance
800 m T34 1:48.08 5 — Did not advance
Andrew Small 100 m T33 — 17.96 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Isaac Towers 800 m T34 1:47.75 4 q — 1:43.45 PB 5
David Weir CBE 400 m T54 46.65 1 Q — 47.30 5
800 m T54 1:37.30 1 Q — 1:35.20 6
1500 m T54 3:06.28 2 Q — 3:01.08 4
Marathon T54 — DNF
Richard Whitehead MBE 100 m T42 12.38 2 Q — 12.32 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m T42 23.07 PR 1 Q — 23.39 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Richard Chiassaro
Moatez Jomni
Nathan Maguire
David Weir CBE 		4 × 400 m relay T53–54 3:14.43 2 — Did not advance
Field
Athlete Events Result Rank
Jonathan Broom-Edwards High Jump F44 2.10 SB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Aled Davies MBE Shot Put F42 15.97 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kyron Duke Shot Put F41 11.41 5
Javelin F41 39.30 PB 6
Dan Greaves Discus F44 59.57 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Stephen Miller MBE Club Throw F32 31.93 SB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sam Ruddock Shot Put F35 12.70 6
Kieran Tscherniawsky Shot Put F33 8.49 5
Women
Track
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kare Adenegan 100 m T34 — 18.29 PB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400 m T34 — 1:01.67 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
800 m T34 — 2:02.47 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olivia Breen 100 m T38 13.35 4 q — 13.41 7
Libby Clegg
(Chris Clarke – guide) 		100 m T11 12.17 =1 Q 11.91 WR 1 Q 11.96 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m T11 25.90 1 Q 25.24 1 Q 24.51 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hannah Cockroft MBE 100 m T34 — 17.42 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m T34 — 58.78 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
800 m T34 — 2:00.62 SB 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kadeena Cox 100 m T38 12.98 2 Q — 13.01 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400 m T38 — 1:00.71 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sophie Hahn 100 m T38 12.62 PR 1 Q — 12.62 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Georgina Hermitage 100 m T37 13.39 =WR 1 Q — 13.13 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m T37 1:03.44 PR 1 Q — 1:00.53 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jade Jones 800 m T54 1:53.61 4 — Did not advance
1500 m T54 3:32.88 8 — Did not advance
5000 m T54 12:17.83 7 — Did not advance
Sophie Kamlish 100 m T44 12.93 WR 1 Q — 13.16 4
Samantha Kinghorn 100 m T53 17.01 2 Q — 17.13 5
400 m T53 56.76 4 q — DSQ
800 m T53 1:48.89 3 Q — 1:49.51 6
Maria Lyle 100 m T35 — 14.41 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m T35 — 29.35 SB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Polly Maton 100 m T47 12.98 2 Q — 13.09 5
Mel Nicholls 400 m T34 — DNS
800 m T34 — 2:13.59 5
Julie Rogers 100 m T42 17.41 5 — Did not advance
Laura Sugar 100 m T44 13.59 3 q — 13.37 PB 5
200 m T44 28.04 PB 3 Q — 28.31 5
Carly Tait 100 m T34 — 19.73 6
Kadeena Cox
Sophie Hahn
Georgina Hermitage
Maria Lyle 		4 × 100 m relay T35–38 — 51.07 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Field
Athlete Events Result Rank
Hollie Arnold Javelin F46 43.01 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olivia Breen Long Jump T38 3.99 12
Joanna Butterfield Club Throw F51 22.81 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Discus F51 9.40 SB 5
Vanessa Daobry Shot Put F34 7.27 5
Sabrina Fortune Shot Put F20 12.94 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kylie Grimes Club Throw F51 18.75 4
Abbie Hunnisett Club Throw F32 19.00 4
Beverley Jones Discus F38 28.53 5
Polly Maton Long Jump T47 5.10 7
Holly Neill Discus F41 23.13 8
Gemma Prescott Club Throw F32 19.77 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Stefanie Reid Long Jump T44 5.64 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Boccia[edit]

Main article: Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain achieved qualification in the BC1/2 class by winning the gold medal at the 2015 European Teams & Pairs Championships.[38][39] Great Britain secured qualification for Rio in the BC3 and BC4 Pairs by finishing among the top four previously unqualified nations when the final BISFed world rankings were announced at the end of April 2016.[40] As Great Britain has won quotas in all of the events they must include at least two women competitors across the three team combinations. On 15 July 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the names of the ten athletes who will represent Team GB in Rio.[41]

Individual

Key – CP = Competition Partner

Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
David Smith
(CP – Sarah Nolan) 		Mixed individual BC1  Nagy (SVK)
W 13–0 		 Zhang (CHN)
W 4–2 		 Marques (POR)
L 3–9 		2 Q  Tadtong (THA)
W 4–4 		 Yoo (KOR)
W 5–3 		 Perez (NED)
W 5–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nigel Murray MBE Mixed individual BC2  Martín (ESP)
L 2–8 		 Vongsa (THA)
L 1–8 		— 3 Did not advance
Joshua Rowe  Saengampa (THA)
L 0–10 		 Goncalves (POR)
L 2–7 		— 3 Did not advance
Jamie McCowan
(CP – Linda McCowan) 		Mixed individual BC3  Polychronidis (GRE)
L 1–9 		 Michel (AUS)
L 2–3 		— 3 Did not advance
Scott McCowan
(CP – Gary McCowan) 		 Taha (SIN)
W 3–2 		 Jeong (KOR)
L 1–7 		— 2 Did not advance
Patrick Wilson
(CP – Kim Smith) 		 Peixoto (POR)
W 4–2 		 Takahashi (JPN)
W 5–3 		— 1 Q  Kim (KOR)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Stephen McGuire Mixed individual BC4  Clara (POR)
W 4–3 		 Lau (HKG)
W 7–5 		 Pinto (BRA)
L 2–6 		1 Q  Leung (HKG)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Kieran Steer  Dos Santos (BRA)
L 0–10 		 Larpyen (THA)
L 0–5 		 Andrejcik (SVK)
L 3–9 		4 Did not advance
Pairs and teams
Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
David Smith
Nigel Murray MBE
Joshua Rowe
Claire Taggart 		Mixed team BC1-2  Netherlands (NED)
W 11–2 		 Japan (JPN)
L 4–10 		— 2 Q  Thailand (THA)
L 0–11 		Did not advance
Jamie McCowan
(CP – Linda McCowan)
Scott McCowan
(CP – Gary McCowan)
Patrick Wilson
(CP- Kim Smith) 		Mixed pair B3  Portugal (POR)
L 3–4 		 Greece (GRE)
L 1–4 		 Singapore (SIN)
W 3–1 		4 — Did not advance
Evie Edwards
Stephen McGuire
Kieran Steer 		Mixed pair B4  Slovakia (SVK)
W 4–2 		 Portugal (POR)
W 10–4 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
W 2–2 		1 Q —  Brazil (BRA)
L 2–4 		 Thailand (THA)
L 2–3 		4

Cycling[edit]

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain secured one quota place in both men's and women's events in Rio by finishing 7th and 2nd respectively in the NPC UCI Para-Cycling European Nations ranking lists as at 31 December 2014. Further quotas were gained from world ranking points in April 2016. On 17 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced a team of eleven cyclists and four pilots.[42]

On 1 August, the final two cyclists were announced – dual Paralympian Kadeena Cox, aiming to be the first British paralympian to compete in two sports at the same Games since 1992 and the first to win medals in two sports since Isabel Newstead MBE (athletics and shooting) in 1988, was added to the cycling team for both track and road races, having already been named in the athletics team, and Louis Rolfe was added to the track team.[43]

On 24 August, three more exceptional announcements were made following the decision by the International Paralympic Committee, upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to exclude Russia from the 2016 Paralympic Games as a consequence of the state-sponsored doping programme uncovered in the McLaren Report. Paralympics GB announced seven new athletes who inherited quota places vacated by the Russian team, among them cyclists Crystal Lane, James Ball and his pilot, former Olympian Craig MacLean MBE.

Road[edit]

Athlete Event Time Rank
James Ball
(Craig MacLean MBE – pilot) 		Men's time trial B DNF
Stephen Bate
(Adam Duggleby – pilot) 		Men's road race B 2:27:03 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's time trial B 34:35.33 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kadeena Cox Women's road race C4–5 DNS
Karen Darke Women's road race H1–4 DNF
Women's time trial H1–3 33:44.93 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hannah Dines Women's road race T1–2 1:09:03 5
Women's time trial T1–2 28:51.20 5
Neil Fachie MBE
(Peter Mitchell – pilot) 		Men's road race B DNF
Megan Giglia Women's road race C1–3 1:30:40 7
Women's time trial C1–3 31:44.56 6
Crystal Lane Women's road race C4–5 2:21:58 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's time trial C5 29:37.23 4
Louis Rolfe Men's time trial C2 29:12.16 7
David Stone MBE Men's road race T1–2 51:00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's time trial T1–2 24:42.25 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sarah Storey Women's road race C4–5 2:15:42 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's time trial C5 27:22.42 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lora Turnham
(Corrine Hall – pilot) 		Women's road race B 2:01:16 4
Women's time trial B 39:33.81 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Track[edit]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
James Ball
(Craig MacLean MBE – pilot) 		Men's 1000 m time trial B — 1:02.316 5
Stephen Bate
(Adam Duggleby – pilot) 		Men's individual pursuit B 4:08.146 WR[44] 1 Q  ter Schure /
Fransen (p) (NED)
W 4:08.631 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jon-Allan Butterworth Men's 1000 m time trial C4–5 — 1:04.733 4
Kadeena Cox Women's 500 m time trial C4–5 — 34.598 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jody Cundy MBE Men's 1000 m time trial C4–5 — 1:02.473 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Neil Fachie
(Peter Mitchell – pilot) 		Men's 1000 m time trial B — 1:00.241 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Megan Giglia Women's individual pursuit C1–3 4:03.544 WR[45] 1 Q  Whitmore (USA)
W OVL 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's 500 m time trial C1–3 — 41.252 WR† 5
Crystal Lane Women's individual pursuit C5 3:48.802 2 Q  Storey (GBR)
L OVL 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's 500 m time trial C4–5 — 37.346 5
Louis Rolfe Men's individual pursuit C2 3:49.908 4 Q  Galvis Becerra (COL)
W 3:47.951 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 1000 m time trial C1–3 — 1:10.582 6
Dame Sarah Storey DBE Women's individual pursuit C5 3:31.394 WR[46] 1 Q  Lane (GBR)
W OVL 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's 500 m time trial C4–5 — 37.068 4
Sophie Thornhill
(Helen Scott – pilot) 		Women's individual pursuit B 3:32.609 3 Q  Cameron /
Van Kampen (p) (NZL)
W OVL 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's 1000 m time trial B — 1:06.283 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lora Turnham
(Corrine Hall – pilot) 		Women's individual pursuit B 3:27.460 PR 1 Q  Foy /
Thompson (p) (NZL)
W 3:28.050 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jon-Allan Butterworth
Jody Cundy MBE
Louis Rolfe 		Mixed team sprint 49.060 WR 1 Q  China (CHN)
W 48.635 WR 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

†The Women's 500 metres C1-3 time trial is a factored event. Although finishing 5th after factoring, Megan Giglia's time is recognised as a world record in her classification.

Equestrian[edit]

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain were one of three nations to qualify a team for dressage via their results at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, where Lee Pearson CBE, Sophie Christiansen OBE, Sophie Wells MBE and Natasha Baker MBE won gold in the team event.[47][48] On 8 March 2016, the FEI confirmed that Great Britain had achieved an additional quota in the individual dressage competition.[49] The five riders selected by the British Paralympic Association to represent Great Britain in Rio were announced on 14 July.[50]

Individual
Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Natasha Baker MBE Cabral Individual championship test grade II 73.400 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Individual freestyle test grade II 77.900 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sophie Christiansen OBE Athene Lindebjerg Individual championship test grade Ia 78.217 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Individual freestyle test grade Ia 79.700 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anne Dunham MBE Lucas Normark Individual championship test grade Ia 74.348 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Individual freestyle test grade Ia 76.050 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lee Pearson CBE Zion Individual championship test grade Ib 74.103 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Individual freestyle test grade Ib 77.400 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sophie Wells MBE Valerius Individual championship test grade IV 74.857 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Individual freestyle test grade IV 76.150 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Team
Athlete Horse Event Individual score Total
TT CT Total Score Rank
Sophie Christiansen OBE See above Team 77.522 78.217 155.739* 453.306 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anne Dunham MBE 73.957 74.348 148.305*
Sophie Wells MBE 74.405 74.857 149.262*
Natasha Baker MBE 71.882 73.400 145.282

* Indicates the three best individual scores that count towards the team total.

Although not competing in the team event, Lee Pearson CBE rode as an individual in the Grade Ib Team Test, finishing first with a score of 75.280.

Football 7-a-side[edit]

Main article: Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
See also: Great Britain national cerebral palsy football team
people playing football
Great Britain plays Ukraine at the IFCPF Pre Paralympic Tournament Salou 2016, the last major preparation tournament ahead of the Rio Games.

Great Britain secured qualification for Rio by finishing fifth at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships.[51][52]

The draw for the tournament was held on May 6 at the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. Great Britain was put into Group A with Ukraine, Brazil and Ireland.[53] The tournament where the draw took place featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating.[54] Great Britain finished fourth, after losing 2 – 3 to the Netherlands in the 3rd place match.[55]

Going into the Rio Games, England was ranked seventh in the world, while Scotland was ninth, Northern Ireland was thirteenth and Wales was unranked. No Great Britain team was ranked.[56] On 13 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the selection of the fourteen members of the British 7-a-side squad.[57] The team included several players from Scotland. These were FT7 classified players Martin Hickman, Jonathan Paterson and David Porcher.[58]

Squad list Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Michael Barker
James Blackwell
Matt Crossen
Martin Hickman
Sean Highdale
Liam Irons
Ryan Kay
David Leavy
Giles Moore
Ollie Nugent
Jonathan Paterson
David Porcher
Emyle Rudder
Jack Rutter
  Brazil
L 1–2 		 Ukraine
L 1–2 		 Ireland
W 5–1 		3 Did not advance Classification 5–6
 Argentina
W 2–0 		5
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1