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

Competitors The following table lists Trinidad and Tobago's delegation per sport and gender. Sport Men Women TotalAthletics 1 1 2Swimming 0 1 1 Total 1 2 3

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

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Medal Name Sport Event Date Akeem Stewart Athletics Men's Javelin F42-44 Akeem Stewart Athletics Men's Discus F43-44 Nyoshia Cain Athletics Women's 100 m T43-44 | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|

Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics 1 1 1 3Total 1 1 1 3

Medals by dayDay TotalSeptember 9 1 0 0 1September 16 0 1 0 1September 17 0 0 1 1Total 1 1 1 3

Athletics

Men's Field Athlete Event #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result RankAkeem StewartDiscus F43-44 56.03 61.70 60.83 60.82 60.53 61.72 61.72 Javelin F42-44 57.23 56.64 56.84 53.94 55.77 57.32 57.32 WR

Women's Track AthleteEventsHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankNyoshia Cain100 m T43-4413.322 Q13.10200 m T43-44Disqualifieddid not advance

Swimming

Women AthleteEventsHeatsFinalTimeRankTimeRankShanntol Ince50 m freestyle S933.3821did not advance100 m freestyle S91:12.4123did not advance400 m freestyle S95:31.0617did not advance100 m butterfly S91:20.1219did not advance

See also Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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