Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics


competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in sailing events. They also qualified athletes in archery, cycling, equestrian, paracanoeing, paratriathlon, rowing and wheelchair basketball.

Funding

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

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.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent



AthleticsMen's 4x100m relay T43-47
AthleticsMen's long jump F42
AthleticsMen's long jump F44
AthleticsMen's shot put F33
AthleticsMen's shot put F36
AthleticsMen's shot put F41
AthleticsWomen's long jump F42
AthleticsWomen's shot put F36
AthleticsWomen's shot put F37
CyclingMen's road time trial H4
CyclingMen's road time trial T1-2
CyclingMen's road race H4
CyclingMen's road race C1-3
CyclingMen's road race T1-2
CyclingWomen's road time trial H4-5
CyclingWomen's road race H1-4
CyclingWomen's road race H5
ParatriathlonMen's individual PT4
AthleticsMen's 400m T44
AthleticsWomen's 100m T36
AthleticsWomen's 100m T42
AthleticsWomen's 100m T44
AthleticsWomen's 200m T44
AthleticsWomen's 400m T44
AthleticsWomen's long jump F37
AthleticsWomen's discus throw F55
AthleticsWomen's javelin throw F56
CyclingMen's road race H3
CyclingWomen's road time trial H4-5
CyclingWomen's road time trial C1-3



EquestrianMixed team
JudoWomen's -48kg
JudoWomen's -52kg
ParacanoeingMen's KL3
ParacanoeingWomen's KL1
ShootingMixed 10m air rifle prone SH1
SwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle S7
SwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle S12
Table tennisMen's singles class 3
Table tennisMen's singles class 5

Table tennisMen's team class 3
Table tennisWomen's singles class 6
AthleticsMen's 100m T12
AthleticsMen's 100m T44
AthleticsMen's 200m T44
AthleticsMen's long jump F44
AthleticsWomen's 100m T12
AthleticsWomen's 200m T36
AthleticsWomen's javelin throw F34
CyclingMen's road time trial H4
CyclingWomen's road race C1-3
CyclingWomen's road race T1-2
CyclingMen's 1km time trial B
EquestrianIndividual freestyle test grade II
JudoMen's -73kg
SwimmingMen's 100m breaststroke SB6

Archery

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.

Athletics

;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events

Paracanoe

;Men
;Women

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, Germany qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.

Road

;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Hans-Peter DurstRoad race T1–250:07
Hans-Peter DurstRoad time trial T1–222:57.34
Kai KruseRoad time trial B42:48.4220
Vico MerkleinRoad race H41:28:48
Vico MerkleinRoad time trial H428:42.34
Thomas SchäferRoad race C4–52:19:2612
Thomas SchäferRoad time trial C440:05.057
Michael TeuberRoad race C1–31:52:0914
Michael TeuberRoad time trial C127:53.98
Steffen WariasRoad race C1–31:49:11
Steffen WariasRoad time trial C340:38.455
Maximilian WeberRoad race H31:33:17
Maximilian WeberRoad time trial H331:20.949
Erich WinklerRoad race C1–31:55:0418
Erich WinklerRoad time trial C129:37.374

;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Kerstin BrachtendorfRoad race C4–52:21:585
Kerstin BrachtendorfRoad time trial C530:31.467
Andrea EskauRoad race H51:37:07
Andrea EskauRoad time trial H4–532:15.42
Jana MajunkeRoad race T1–21:08:19
Jana MajunkeRoad time trial T1–227:43.464
Christiane ReppeRoad race H1–41:15:56
Christiane ReppeRoad time trial H4–533:54.536
Denise SchindlerRoad race C1–31:30:14
Denise SchindlerRoad time trial C1–330:18.99
Dorothee ViethRoad race H51:37:155
Dorothee ViethRoad time trial H4–531:35.46

Track

;Pursuit
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Kai KruseMen's 1 km time trial B1:01.787
Erich WinklerMen's 1 km time trial C1–31:17.77421

Equestrian

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. 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.
AthleteHorseEventScoreRank
Elke PhilippRegaliz Individual championship test grade Ia73.6964
Elke PhilippRegaliz Individual freestyle test grade Ia73.7004
Alina RosenbergNea's Daboun Individual championship test grade Ib70.9665
Alina RosenbergNea's Daboun Individual freestyle test grade Ib72.5504
Carolin SchnarreDel Rusch Individual championship test grade IV69.9055
Carolin SchnarreDel Rusch Individual freestyle test grade IV69.6005
Claudia SchmidtRomeo Royal Individual championship test grade II67.31411
Steffen ZeibigFeel Good 4 Individual championship test grade II70.0574
Steffen ZeibigFeel Good 4 Individual freestyle test grade II74.350
Elke Philipp
Alina Rosenberg
Carolin Schnarre
Steffen Zeibig		See aboveTeam433.321

Goalball

Germany's men enter the tournament ranked 15th in the world.
----
----
----
----
;Quarterfinal

Judo

;Men
;Women

Rowing

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.

Sailing

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.

Shooting

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.
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.
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.
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.

Sitting volleyball

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.

Men

;Classification 5th / 6th

Swimming

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.

Table tennis

Wheelchair basketball

Men

The Germany men's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Women

The Germany women's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. As hosts, Brazil got to choose which group they were put into. They were partnered with Algeria, who would be put in the group they did not chose. Brazil chose Group A, which included Canada, Germany, Great Britain and Argentina. Algeria ended up in Group B with the United States, the Netherlands, France and China.

Wheelchair tennis

qualified for Rio in the women's singles event.