Chile at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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.[1][2] 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.[3]

The country sent a team of 15 athletes, 7 men and 8 women, along with 3 officials to the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[4] The competed in athletics, canoe sprint, powerlifting, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair tennis..[5]

Chile qualified one competitors in the men's single event, Robinson Mendez. This spot was a result of a Bipartite Commission Invitation place. Chile qualified two competitors in the women's singles event. Francisca Mardones earned her spot via the standard qualification process. Macarena Cabrillana earned her spot via a Bipartite Commission Invitation place .[6]

• Chile at the 2016 Summer Olympics