Colombia at the Paralympics

Colombia at the
Paralympics
IPC code COL
NPC Colombian Paralympic Committee
Website www.comiteparalimpicocolombiano.org
Medals
Gold
3
Silver
8
Bronze
12
Total
23
Summer appearances

Colombia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, with competitors taking part in track and field, table tennis and wheelchair basketball. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, except 1984, but has never entered the Winter Paralympics.[1]

Colombians have won a total of twenty three medals at the Paralympic Games: three gold, eight silver and twelve bronze. Pedro Mejía won the country's first medals when he took a gold and a bronze in swimming in 1980. His winning time of 1:27.88 in the final of the 100m breaststroke, D category, set a new world record. Colombia had to wait 28 years for its next two medals, which both came in the 2008 Games. Elkin Serna ran the men's marathon in 2:31:16 in the T12 category for athletes with severe visual disability, finishing less than a minute behind Chinese athlete Qi Shun's world record time of 2:30:32, and took silver. Moisés Fuentes won bronze in the men's 100m breaststroke in the SB4 category.[2] 2016 Summer Paralympics represented the best performance by the Colombian committee in the history of the Summer Paralympics, with a total amount of 17 medals won.

List of medallists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 GoldPedro Mejía1980 ArnhemSwimmingMen's 100 metre Breaststroke D
 GoldCarlos Daniel Serrano2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimmingMen's 100 metre breaststroke SB7
 GoldMauricio Valencia2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's javelin throw F34
 SilverElkin Serna2008 BeijingAthleticsMen's Marathon T12
 SilverMoisés Fuentes2012 LondonSwimmingMen's 100 metre Breaststroke SB4
 SilverElkin Serna2012 LondonAthleticsMen's Marathon T12
 SilverNelson Crispín2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyle S6
 SilverFernando Lucumí Villegas2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw F38
 SilverNelson Crispín2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimmingMen's 100 metre breaststroke SB6
 SilverCarlos Daniel Serrano2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimmingMen's 100 metre freestyle S7
 SilverNestor Crispín2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimmingMen's 100 metre freestyle S6
 BronzePedro Mejía1980 ArnhemSwimmingMen's 100 metre Backstroke C-D
 BronzeMoisés Fuentes2008 BeijingSwimmingMen's 100 metre Breaststroke SB4
 BronzeMartha Hernández2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsWomen's 100 metre T36
 BronzeCarlos Daniel Serrano2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimmingMen's 50 metre Butterfly S7
 BronzeDiego Dueñas2016 Rio de JaneiroCyclingMen's individual pursuit C4
 BronzeEdwin Matiz2016 Rio de JaneiroCyclingMen's individual pursuit C5
 BronzeMauricio Valencia2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's shot put F34
 BronzeMoisés Fuentes2016 Rio de JaneiroSwimmingMen's 100 metre breaststroke SB4
 BronzeWomen's relay team Colombia2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsWomen's 4x100 metre Relay T11-13
 BronzeNéstor Javier Ayala2016 Rio de JaneiroCyclingMen's Road Race T1-2
 BronzeMaritza Arango2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsWomen's 1500 metre - T11
 BronzeWeiner Javier Díaz2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's 400 metre - T38

See also

References

  1. ↑ Colombia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ↑ Colombia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee


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