Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Australia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Australia repeated its 2012 Summer Paralympics achievement in finishing fifth of the medal tally.
Kate McLoughlin, Australian Chef de Mission at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games at the sailing event in Rio de Janeiro
Australian cyclists Madison Janssen (right) and Jessica Gallagher prepare to race in the Women’s B/VI 1000m time trial final, in which they won bronze. This made Gallagher the first Australian to win medals at both the summer and winter Paralympics
Australia vs Canada at the Future Arena. Left to right: Nicole Esdaile, Meica Horsburgh and Michelle Rzepecki.
Katie Kelly and her guide Michellie Jones at Copacabana
The 2016 Summer Paralympics, the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event. These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the paratriathlon.
Press conference at the 2016 Rio Paralympics with Mario Andrada, Sir Philip Craven and Craig Spence
Wheelchair repair. During the games Ottobock technicians repaired 2,745 wheelchairs, 438 prosthetics and 178 orthotics for 1,162 athletes.
The Tennis Arena during the Paralympics competitions.
Paralympic medals and the mascot Tom.
