Bosnia and Herzegovina competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
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.
Delegation The country sent a team of 14 athletes, both 13 men and 1 women, along with 4 officials to the 2016 Summer Paralympics. They competed in two sports, sitting volleyball and athletics.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national sitting volleyball team Sitting volleyball Men 18 September
Athletics
Men Field events
AthleteEventFinalDistancePositionDževad PandžićShot put F5510.099
Women Field events
AthleteEventFinalDistancePositionDženita KlicoShot put F545.47 PB7
Sitting volleyball
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Games at the 2014 World Championships.
Men Group B
Semi-finals
Gold medal game
See also Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2016 Summer Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team
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