Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

One source of funding and support for Germany's Paralympic efforts through to the Rio Games is a local partnership with Allianz.[2]

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.[3][4] 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.[5]

Jennifer Hess earned Germany a spot at the Rio Games following her performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. She qualified the country after her performance in the recurve women’s open event. Uwe Herter earned Germany a second spot in the W1 men’s event.[6]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Uwe Herter	Men's individual compound W1	609	8	N/A	Cavanagh (GBR) W 130–124	Aşık (TUR) W 130–124	Walker (GBR) L 131–135	Kinik (SVK) L 125–133	4
Maik Szarszewski	Men's individual recurve open	629	3	De Souza (BRA) W 7–1	Shi (CHN) W 7–3	Rezende (BRA) L 4–6	Did not advance
Lucia Kupczyk	Women's individual compound open	607	15	Abbaspour (IRI) L 129–140	Did not advance
Jennifer Hess	Women's individual recurve open	594	11	Floreno (ITA) L 4–6	Did not advance
Maik Szarszewski Jennifer Hess	Team recurve open	1223	6	N/A	Mongolia (MGL) L 3–5	Did not advance

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alhassane Balde	800 metres T54	1:37.30	5	N/A	Did not advance
	1500 metres T54	3:07.14	3 Q	N/A	3:01.62	6
	5000 metres T54	10:21.67	6 q	N/A	11:03.00	8
David Behre	100 metres T44	11.23	3 Q	N/A	11.26	7
	200 metres T44	21.63	1 Q	N/A	21.41
	400 metres T44	47.74	1 Q	N/A	46.23
Johannes Floors	100 metres T44	11.34	6	N/A	Did not advance
	200 metres T44	21.86	3 Q	N/A	21.81	4
	400 metres T44	DSQ		N/A	Did not advance
Heinrich Popow	100 metres T42	12.45	1 Q	N/A	12.46	4
Dennis Rill	100 metres T38	12.03	5	N/A	Did not advance
Leon Schäfer	100 metres T42	13.16	7	N/A	Did not advance
Denis Schmitz	100 metres T33	N/A	21.22	6
Marc Schuh	100 metres T54	15.26	4	N/A	Did not advance
	400 metres T54	48.89	4	N/A	Did not advance
Felix Streng	100 metres T44	11.12	3 Q	N/A	11.03
	200 metres T44	22.55	4 q	N/A	DSQ
Thomas Ulbricht	100 metres T12	11.40	1 Q	N/A	11.39
	200 metres T12	DSQ		Did not advance
	400 metres T12	50.77	2 q	51.40	3	Did not advance
Markus Rehm David Behre Felix Streng Johannes Floors	4 × 100 metres relay T43-47	N/A	40.82 PR

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Reinhold Bötzel	High jump T47	1.80 =SB	9
Sebastian Dietz	Shot put F36	14.84
Niko Kappel	Shot put F41	13.57
Mathias Mester	Javelin throw F41	39.99	5
Heinrich Popow	Long jump T42	6.70 PR
Markus Rehm	Long jump T44	8.21 PR
Dennis Rill	Long jump T38	5.03	7
Leon Schäfer	Long jump T42	6.06 PB	4
	High jump T42	1.55	12
Daniel Scheil	Shot put F33	11.03
Matthias Uwe Schulze	Javelin throw F46	48.84	10
Felix Streng	Long jump T44	7.13 PB
Frank Tinnemeier	Shot put T42	13.44	5
Thomas Ulbricht	Long jump T12	6.40	10

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lindy Ave	100 metres T38	13.28	2 Q	N/A	13.20	5
Irmgard Bensusan	100 metres T44	13.08	1 Q	N/A	13.04
	200 metres T44	26.70	1 Q	N/A	26.90
	400 metres T44	N/A	59.62
Vanessa Braun	100 metres T38	14.59	7	N/A	Did not advance
Janne Sophie Engeleiter	100 metres T13	13.13	5	N/A	Did not advance
Isabelle Foerder	100 metres T37	15.04	5	N/A	Did not advance
	400 metres T37	1:16.25	5	N/A	Did not advance
Maike Hausberger	400 metres T37	1:12.22	5	N/A	Did not advance
Vanessa Low	100 metres T42	15.76	1 Q	N/A	15.17
Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt	100 metres T12	12.47	1 Q	12.11 PB	2 q	11.99 PB
	200 metres T12	24.73	2 q	N/A	24.71	4
Claudia Nicoleitzik	100 metres T36	14.71	2 Q	N/A	14.64
	200 metres T36	31.18	2 Q	N/A	31.13
Nicole Nicoleitzik	100 metres T38	14.49	6	N/A	Did not advance
Jana Schmidt	100 metres T42	16.70	3 Q	N/A	16.84	6
Maria Seifert	100 metres T37	14.06	3 Q	N/A	14.13	6
Uta Streckert	100 metres T35	N/A	17.66	5
	200 metres T35	N/A	37.51	7
Lindy Ave Maria Seifert Nicole Nicoletzik Claudia Nicoleitzik	4 × 100 metres relay T35-38	N/A	56.04 SB	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Lindy Ave	Long jump T38	4.47 PB	6
Vanessa Braun	Long jump T38	3.98 =PB	13
Marianne Buggenhagen	Discus throw F55	24.56
Maike Hausberger	Long jump T37	4.06	4
Frances Herrmann	Shot put F34	6.64	6
	Javelin throw F34	18.16
Birgit Kober	Shot put F36	11.41
Frederike Charlotte Koleiski	Discus throw F44	30.34	4
Franziska Liebhardt	Long jump T37	4.42
	Shot put F37	13.96
Vanessa Low	Long jump T42	4.93 WR
Juliane Mogge	Shot put F36	9.12	4
Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt	Long jump T12	5.16	6
Nicole Nicoleitzik	Long jump T38	4.05	10
Jana Schmidt	Long jump T42	3.53	7
Martina Willing	Shot put F57	7.79	9
	Discus throw F57	21.05	9
	Javelin throw F57	22.22

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tom Kierey	KL3	42.345	1 F	Bye	39.909
Ivo Kilian	KL2	50.222	4 SF	49.737	4	48.622	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anke Molkenthin	KL2	1:05.721	5 SF	1:05.382	6	Did not advance
Edina Müller	KL1	58.662	1 F	Bye	58.874

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, Germany 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
Hans-Peter Durst	Road race T1–2	50:07
	Road time trial T1–2	22:57.34
Kai Kruse	Road time trial B	42:48.42	20
Vico Merklein	Road race H4	1:28:48
	Road time trial H4	28:42.34
Thomas Schäfer	Road race C4–5	2:19:26	12
	Road time trial C4	40:05.05	7
Michael Teuber	Road race C1–3	1:52:09	14
	Road time trial C1	27:53.98
Steffen Warias	Road race C1–3	1:49:11
	Road time trial C3	40:38.45	5
Maximilian Weber	Road race H3	1:33:17
	Road time trial H3	31:20.94	9
Erich Winkler	Road race C1–3	1:55:04	18
	Road time trial C1	29:37.37	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kerstin Brachtendorf	Road race C4–5	2:21:58	5
	Road time trial C5	30:31.46	7
Andrea Eskau	Road race H5	1:37:07
	Road time trial H4–5	32:15.42
Jana Majunke	Road race T1–2	1:08:19
	Road time trial T1–2	27:43.46	4
Christiane Reppe	Road race H1–4	1:15:56
	Road time trial H4–5	33:54.53	6
Denise Schindler	Road race C1–3	1:30:14
	Road time trial C1–3	30:18.99
Dorothee Vieth	Road race H5	1:37:15	5
	Road time trial H4–5	31:35.46

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Kai Kruse	Men's individual pursuit B	4:45.603	13	Did not advance
Michael Teuber	Men's individual pursuit C1	4:04.105	5	Did not advance
Erich Winkler	Men's individual pursuit C1	4:02.658	3	Nijhuis (NED) L OVL	4
Kerstin Brachtendorf	Women's individual pursuit C5	4:01.233	8	Did not advance
Denise Schindler	Women's individual pursuit C1–3	Disqualified		Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kai Kruse	Men's 1 km time trial B	1:01.787
Erich Winkler	Men's 1 km time trial C1–3	1:17.774	21

Germany were one of three nations to qualify a team for dressage via their results at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, where they won the bronze medal in the team event.[9][10][11] The country earned an additional individual slot via the Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation method following the suspension of Russia, and France Finland not using one of their allocated spots.[12]

• Team Dressage – 4 quota places

Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Elke Philipp	Regaliz	Individual championship test grade Ia	73.696	4
		Individual freestyle test grade Ia	73.700	4
Alina Rosenberg	Nea's Daboun	Individual championship test grade Ib	70.966	5
		Individual freestyle test grade Ib	72.550	4
Carolin Schnarre	Del Rusch	Individual championship test grade IV	69.905	5
		Individual freestyle test grade IV	69.600	5
Claudia Schmidt	Romeo Royal	Individual championship test grade II	67.314	11
Steffen Zeibig	Feel Good 4	Individual championship test grade II	70.057	4
		Individual freestyle test grade II	74.350
Elke Philipp Alina Rosenberg Carolin Schnarre Steffen Zeibig	See above	Team	433.321

Germany's men enter the tournament ranked 15th in the world.[13] The following is the Germany roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[14]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	4	4	0	0	42	15	+27	12	Quarter-finals
2	Sweden	4	3	0	1	33	23	+10	9
3	Germany	4	1	0	3	24	26	−2	3
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	26	39	−13	3
5	Algeria	4	1	0	3	25	47	−22	3

8 September 2016 13:15	Algeria	0–10	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
		Report	Horauf 5 Feistle 4 Steiger 1

10 September 2016 17:30	Germany	5–7	Canada	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	Feistle 5	Report	Gaulin 6 Nesbitt 1

12 September 2016 09:00	Sweden	9–5	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Björkstrand 4 Seremeti 3 Gahne 2	Report	Feistle 3 Horauf 2

13 September 2016 10:15	Germany	4–10	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rudi Janssen (BEL), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	Feistle 2 Horauf 2	Report	Sousa 4 Moreno 2 Celente 2 de Melo 2

Quarterfinal

14 September 2016 12:00	United States	7–6	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Patricia Fras (SLO)
	Merren 3 Hamilton 3 Kusku 1	Report	Steiger 3 Feistle 2 Horauf 1

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nikolai Kornhass	−73 kg	Bye	Briceno (VEN) W 000–0001	Gasimov (AZE) L 000–100	Bye	Kitazono (JPN) W 110–000
Sebastian Junk	−81 kg	Nouri Jafari (IRI) L 000–111	Did notadvance
Oliver Upmann	−100 kg	Tenorio (BRA) L 000–100	Did not advance		Skelley (GBR) L 000–100	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carmen Brussig	−48 kg	Tasin (TUR) W 100–000	Halinska (UKR) W 001–000	Bye	Li (CHN) L 000–100
Ramona Brussig	−52 kg	Ferreira (BRA) W 100–000	Salaeva (UZB) W 001–000	Bye	Martinet (FRA) L 000–012

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Germany qualified for the 2016 Games under this criteria in the LTA Mixed Coxed Four event with a seventh-place finish in a time of 03:30.920.[15][16]

Germany qualified a boat for two of the three sailing classes at the Games through their results at the 2014 Disabled Sailing World Championships held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Places were earned in the solo 2.4mR event and a crew also qualified for the three-person Sonar class.[17]

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Germany earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R3 – 10Mm Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1 event as a result of the performance Natascha Hiltrop. It was the only qualification spot Germany earned at the event.[18][19][20]

The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was also available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Norbert Nau in the R1 – 10mAir Rifle Standing Men SH1 event.[19][21]

The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Joseph Neumaier earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R1 - Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event.[19][22]

The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Bernhard Fendt earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R6- Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 event. Elke Seeiger gave Germany their last direct qualification spot for the Rio Games in shooting with her performance in the R8 - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event.[19][23]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bernhard Fendt	Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1	625.4	32	N/A		Did not advance
	Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1	600.4	34	N/A		Did not advance
Norbert Gau	Men's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	613.8	12	N/A		Did not advance
Natascha Hiltrop	Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	400.5	12	N/A		Did not advance
	Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	563	5	N/A		390.9	7
	Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1	634.3	5	N/A		211.5
	Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1	612.8	13	N/A		Did not advance
Josef Neumaier	Men's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	612.3	13	N/A		Did not advance
	Mixed 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	1136	11	N/A		Did not advance
Manuela Schmermund	Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	399.1	16	N/A		Did not advance
	Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	558	7	N/A		423.2	4
	Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1	609.5	22	N/A		Did not advance
Elke Seeliger	Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	401.6	11	N/A		Did not advance
	Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	546	14	N/A		Did not advance

By finishing as runners-up in the European championship in Warendorf, Germany, Germany men's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics as Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national sitting volleyball team had already qualified for Rio.[24]

Men

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	267	234	1.141	Semi-finals
2	Brazil (H)	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	278	212	1.311
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	6	8	0.750	280	288	0.972	Classification 5th / 6th
4	United States	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	167	258	0.647	Classification 7th / 8th

Source: Paralympic.org
(H) Host.

9 September 2016 14:00	Egypt	3–2	Germany	Riocentro - Pavilion 6, Rio de Janeiro
	(18–25, 21–25, 25–22, 25–14, 15–7) Report

11 September 2016 18:30	United States	2–3	Germany	Riocentro - Pavilion 6, Rio de Janeiro
	(25–20, 15–25, 10–25, 25–23, 10–15) Report

13 September 2016 20:30	Germany	1–3	Brazil	Riocentro - Pavilion 6, Rio de Janeiro
	(26–24, 23–25, 18–25, 12–25) Report

Classification 5th / 6th

16 September 2016 15:30	Germany	1–3	Ukraine	Riocentro - Pavilion 6, Rio de Janeiro
	(21–25, 25–22, 19–25, 23–25) Report

The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Daniela Schulte earned Germany a spot after winning silver in the Women's 100m Freestyle S11.[25][26]

Katharina Krüger qualified for Rio in the women's singles event.[29]

• Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics