Belgium at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Belgium at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeBEL
NPCBelgian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.be
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors29 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
5
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
11
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Belgium competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Medalists

The following Belgian competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Laurens Devos Table tennis Men's individual Class 9 September 11
 Gold Florian Van Acker Table tennis Men's individual Class 11 September 12
 Gold Peter Genyn Athletics Men's 100 metres T51 September 13
 Gold Michele George Equestrian Individual freestyle test grade IV September 16
 Gold Peter Genyn Athletics Men's 400 metres T51 September 17
 Silver Marieke Vervoort Athletics Women's 400 metres T52 September 10
 Silver Michele George Equestrian Individual championship test grade IV September 14
 Silver Kris Bosmans Cycling Men's road race C1–3 September 16
 Bronze Joachim Gerard Wheelchair tennis Men's singles September 16
 Bronze Christophe Hindricq
Jean-François Deberg
Jonas van de Steene		 Cycling Mixed team relay September 16
 Bronze Marieke Vervoort Athletics Women's 100 metres T52 September 17

Administration

Olek Kazimirowski served as Chef de Mission.[1]

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.[2][3] 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.[4]

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Peter Genyn 100 metres T51 21.15 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 metres T51 1:20.82 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Basile Meunier 1500 metres T38 4:54.77 7
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Livia de Clercq 100 metres T42 19.85 11 did not advance
Joyce Lefevre 100 metres T34 — 21.02 8
400 metres T34 — DSQ
Marieke Vervoort 100 metres T52 — 20.12 SB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400 metres T52 — 1:07.62 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Livia de Clercq Long jump T42 2.99 9

Boccia

Belgium qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport at the Guilford hosted 2015 Boccia European Team And Pairs Championships, London in the BC3 Pair event. They claimed gold ahead of silver medalist Greece and bronze medalists Spain. They scored 7 - 1 against Spain in the gold medal match.[5][6]

Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Pieter Cilissen Individual BC3  Ntenta (GRE)
L 1–6 		 Ho Y K (HKG)
L 3–4 		— 3 did not advance
Kenneth Verwimp  Kim H-s (KOR)
L 2–3 		 Bussiere (CAN)
W 7–2 		— 2 did not advance
Pieter Cilissen
Kirsten de Laender
Kenneth Verwimp 		Pairs BC3  Brazil
L 2–4 		 South Korea
L 3–7 		 Canada
W 7–0 		3 — did not advance

Cycling

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Belgium qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[7][8]

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Kris Bosmans Road race C1–3 1:49:11 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tim Celen Road race T1–2 54:23 6
Road time trial T1–2 27:03.03 10
Jean-François Deberg Road race H3 1:33:17 4
Road time trial H3 30:53.37 7
Christophe Hindricq Road race H2 1:23:14 5
Road time trial H2 36:30.00 5
Diederick Schelfhout Road race C1–3 DNF
Road time trial C3 43:53.07 12
Jonas van de Steene Road race H4 1:28:57 5
Road time trial H4 30:32.66 10
Jean-François Deberg
Christophe Hindricq
Jonas van de Steene 		Mixed team relay 34:02 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Griet Hoet
Guide: Anneleen Monsieur 		Road race B 2:19:11 14
Time trial B 43:34.20 15

Track

Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank
Kris Bosmans Men's individual pursuit C3 3:48.308 7 did not advance
Diederick Schelfhout 3:55.645 9 did not advance
Griet Hoet
Guide: Anneleen Monsieur 		Women's individual pursuit B 3:40.770 7 did not advance
Time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Kris Bosmans Men's 1 km time trial C1–3 1:12.583 10
Diederick Schelfhout 1:13.668 12
Griet Hoet
Guide: Anneleen Monsieur 		Women's 1 km time trial B 1:12.402 8

Equestrian

The country qualified to participate in the team event at the Rio Games.[9]

Athlete Horse Event Score Rank
Michele George FBW Rainman Individual championship test grade IV 74.333 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Individual freestyle test grade IV 76.300 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Barbara Minneci Barilla Individual championship test grade II 66.714 12
Eveline Van Looveren Exelent Individual championship test grade Ia 67.565 17
Ciska Vermeulen Rohmeo Individual championship test grade IV 68.000 6
Michele George
Barbara Minneci
Eveline Van Looveren
Ciska Vermeulen 		See above Team 422.834 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Sven Decaesstecker 400m freestyle S10 4:25.14 14 did not advance
200m individual medley SM10 2:16.16 8 Q 2:16.94 7
Maarten Libin 100m breaststroke SB6 1:31.22 9 did not advance
Yannick Vandeput 200m freestyle S14 2:08.41 16 did not advance
100m backstroke S14 1:06.83 9 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Michelle Franssen 200m freestyle S14 2:20.52 6 Q 2:19.91 7
100m breaststroke SB14 1:23.17 6 Q 1:22.73 6
200m individual medley SM14 2:37.31 5 Q 2:36.54 5

Table tennis

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Marc Ledoux Individual C8  Bouvais (FRA)
W 3–1 		 McKibbin (GBR)
L 1–3 		3 — did not advance
Mathieu Loicq  Zhao S (CHN)
L 1–3 		 Csejtey (SVK)
L 2–3 		3 — did not advance
Laurens Devos Individual C9  Iwabuchi (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Shchepanskyy (UKR)
W 3–0 		1 Q —  Leibovitz (USA)
W 3–0 		 Pérez (ESP)
W 3–0 		 Last (NED)
W 3–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Florian Van Acker Individual C11  Song B-j (KOR)
W 3–1 		 Takemori (JPN)
W 3–1 		1 Q —  Creange (FRA)
W 3–1 		 Palos (HUN)
W 3–0 		 von Einem (AUS)
W 3–2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Marc Ledoux
Mathieu Loicq 		Team C6–8 —  Great Britain
L 0–2 		did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Belgium qualified two competitors in the men's single event. Joachim Gerard qualified via the standard route. Mike Denayer qualified via a Doubles World Ranking Allocation place.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mike Denayer Singles  Wallin (SWE)
L 2–6, 2–6 		did not advance
Joachim Gerard bye  McCarroll (GBR)
W 6–1, 6–4 		 Jeremiasz (FRA)
W 6–0, 6–0 		 Kunieda (JPN)
W 6–3, 6–3 		 Hewett (GBR)
L 5–7, 3–6 		 Houdet (FRA)
W 6–4, 6–2 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mike Denayer
Joachim Gerard 		Doubles — Bye  Caverzaschi /
de la Puente (ESP)
L 5–7, 7–64, 2–6 		did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olek Kazimirowski named Belgium's Chef de Mission". Paralympic.org. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Boccia Qualification System" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 Boccia European Team And Pairs Championships, London" (PDF). BisFed. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  7. ^ "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  9. ^ "EQUESTRIAN" (PDF). FEI. International Paralympic Committee. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  10. ^ "ITF announces singles entries for Rio 2016 Paralympics". ITF Tennis. June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
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