2016 Summer Paralympics / Archery

Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
information
venue	Rio de Janeiro
Competition venue	Sambodromo
Nations	40
Athletes	137
date	11-17 September 2016
decisions	9
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At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro , medals were awarded in a total of nine archery competitions. The decisions were made between September 11th and 17th, 2016 in the Sambodromo .

Classes

At the Paralympic archery competitions, unlike in London in 2012 , a distinction was made between only two classes:

• Open: For archers in wheelchairs or with impaired balance who shoot standing or sitting on a chair.
• W1: For archers in wheelchairs with limited arm or leg functions.

Results men

Recurve (open)

space	country	athlete
1	IRI	Gholamreza Rahimi
2	THA	Hanreuchai Netsiri
3	IRI	Ebrahim Ranjbarkivaj
4th	BAR	Luziano Rezende
5	GER	Maik Szarszewski
6th	POLE	Piotr Sawicki
7th	JPN	Tomohiro Ueyama
8th	United States	Eric Bennett

Date: September 13, 2016
Germany was represented by Maik Szarszewski . There were no representatives from Switzerland or Austria at the start.
In the first qualifying round, Maik Szarszewski defeated the Brazilian Diogo De Souza 7-1. In the second qualifying round he then defeated the Shi Xucheng 7: 3, only to be defeated by the Brazilian Luziano Rezende 4: 6 in the second round .

Compound (open)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Andre Shelby
2	ITA	Alberto Luigi Simonelli
3	OUT	Jonathon Milne
4th	CHN	Ai Xinliang
5	DOOR	Bülent Korkmaz
5	SVK	Marcel Pavlik
7th	GBR	Mike Hall
8th	BRA	Andrey Muniz de Castro

Date: September 14, 2016
Switzerland was represented by Martin Imboden . There were no representatives from Germany or Austria at the start.
Martin Imboden failed in the qualifying round with 4: 6 (139: 141) against the Briton Mikey Hall and missed the entry into the final round.

Recurve / Compound (W1)

space	country	athlete
1	GBR	John Walker
2	CZE	David Drahoninsky
3	SVK	Peter Kinik
4th	DEU	Uwe Herter
5	DOOR	Naci Yenier
6th	COR	Doo Dong Sub
7th	DOOR	Ömer Aşık
8th	IRI	Majid Kakoosh

Date: September 16, 2016
Germany was represented by Uwe Herter . There were no representatives from Switzerland or Austria at the start.
Uwe Herter defeated British John Cavanagh 6: 4 (124: 130) in the qualifying round . In the quarterfinals, he defeated Ömer Aşık from Turkey , also 6: 4 (124: 130) . In the semifinals he was then defeated by the later gold medalist John Walker from Great Britain 4: 6 (131: 135) and missed the finals. In the battle for third place and the bronze medal, he finally lost to the Slovak Peter Kinik 4: 6 (125: 133). With that he reached fourth place in the final ranking.

Results women

Recurve (open)

space	country	sportswoman
1	IRI	Zahra Nemati
2	CHN	Wu Chunyan
3	POLE	Milena Olszewska
4th	COR	Lee Hwa Sook
5	ITA	Elisabetta Mijno
6th	UKR	Roksolana Dzoba-Balyan
7th	DOOR	Zehra Ozbey Torun
8th	LAT	Ieva Melle

Date: September 15, 2016
Germany was represented by Jennifer Heß and Switzerland by Magali Comte . A representative of Austria was not at the start.
Hess was 11th in the preliminary round and was eliminated in the first qualifying round, 4: 6 (119: 120), against the Italian Veronica Floreno . She took 17th place in the final ranking. The Swiss Comte, 23rd in the preliminary round, met the Italian Elisabetta Mijno in the first qualifying round and lost to her 0: 6 (62:80). She finished 17th in the final ranking.

Compound (open)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CHN	Zhou Jiamin
2	CHN	Lin Yueshan
3	COR	Kim Mi Soon
4th	IRI	Somayeh Abbaspour
5	BRA	Jane Karla Gogel
6th	GBR	Jane Karla Gogel
7th	SIN	Just Sayhidah Alim
8th	DOOR	Hadan Biroglu

Date: September 16, 2016
Germany was represented by Lucia Kupczyk . There were no representatives from Austria or Switzerland at the start.
Kupczyk reached 15th place in the preliminary round and had a bye in the 1st qualifying round. In the second qualifying round she then failed with 3: 7 (129: 140) against the later fourth, the Iranian Somayeh Abbaspour . In the final ranking she finished 9th.

Recurve / Compound (W1)

space	country	sportswoman
1	GBR	Jessica Stretton
2	GBR	Jo Frith
3	GBR	Vicky Jenkins
4th	COR	Kim Ok Geum
5	CHN	Lu Liang
6th	CZE	Sarka Musilova
7th	United States	Lia Coryell
8th	ESP	Liliana Oliveros Leal

Date: September 16, 2016
Representatives from Germany, Austria and Switzerland were not at the start.
The winner of the gold medal, the British Jessica Stretton, was the youngest participant in the archery competitions at the age of 16.

Results Mixed

Recurve (open)

space	country	Athlete
1	CHN	Zhao Lixue Wu Chunyan
2	IRI	Ebrahim Ranjbarkivaj Zahra Nemati
3	ITA	Roberto Airoldi Elisabetta Mijno
4th	MGL	Oyun-Erdene Buyanjargal Baatarjav Dambadondog
5	GBR	David Phillips Tania Nadarajah
6th	POLE	Milena Olszewska Piotr Sawicki
7th	BRA	Fabiola Dergovics Francisco Cordeiro
8th	THA	Wasana Khuthawisap Hanreuchai Netsiri

Date: September 11, 2016
Germany was represented by the mixed team made up of Jennifer Heß and Maik Szarszewski . A team from Austria or Switzerland did not start.
After the German team reached sixth place in the placement round, they were eliminated in the round of 16 against Mongolia. The team reached the shared ninth place.

Compound (open)

space	country	Athlete
1	CHN	Al Xinliang Zhou Jiamin
2	GBR	John Stubbs Jodie Grinham
3	COR	Lee Ouk Soo Kim Mi Soon
4th	DOOR	Bulent Korkmaz Handan Biroglu
5	ITA	Alberto Simonelli EleoNora Sarti
6th	IRI	Hadi Nori Somayeh Abbaspour
7th	BRA	Andrey Muniz de Castro Jane Karla Gogel
8th	CAN	Kevin Evans Karen van Nest

Date: September 12, 2016
A team from Germany, Austria or Switzerland did not start.

Recurve / Compound (W1)

space	country	Athlete
1	GBR	Jo Frith John Walker
2	COR	Kim Ok-geum Koo Dong-sub
3	CZE	Šárka Musilová David Drahonínský
4th	United States	Jeff Fabry Lia Coryell
5	ESP	Liliana Oliveros Leal Manuel Sanchez Camus
6th	FRA	Olivier Hatem Elisabeth Barleon
7th	CHN	Huanan Liu Liang Lu

Date: September 17th, 2016
A team from Germany, Austria or Switzerland did not start.

Medal table archery

Medal table archery
space	country				total
01	United Kingdom	3	2	1	6th
02	People's Republic of China	3	2	-	5
03	Iran	2	1	1	4th
04th	United States	1	-	-	1
05	South Korea	-	1	2	3
06th	Italy	-	1	1	2
	Czech Republic	-	1	1	2
08th	Thailand	-	1	-	1
09	Australia	-	-	1	1
	Poland	-	-	1	1
	Slovakia	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Archery (Full Results) on Paralympic.org, Ed .: International Paralympic Committee , accessed April 5, 2016
• Archery on Rio2016.com