Poland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Poland competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date Ewa Durska Athletics Women's shot put F20 Maciej Lepiato Athletics Men's high jump T44 Maciej Sochal Athletics Men's club throw F31/32 Natalia Partyka Table tennis Women's individual – Class 10 Rafał Wilk Cycling Men's time trial H4 Jakub Tokarz Paracanoeing Men's KL1 Barbara Niewiedzial Athletics Women's 1500 m T20 Katarzyna MarszalNatalia PartykaKarolina Pęk Table tennis Women's team – Class 6–10 Iwona Podkościelna Cycling Women's road race B Robert Jachimowicz Athletics Men's discus throw F52 Bartosz Tyszkowski Athletics Men's shot put F41 Wojciech Makowski Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke S11 Michał Derus Athletics Men's 100 m T45/46/47 Krystyna Siemieniecka Table tennis Women's individual – Class 11 Alicja Fiodorow Athletics Women's 100 metres T47 Patryk Chojnowski Table tennis Men's individual – Class 10 Daniel Pek Athletics Men's 1500 m T20 Rafał Czuper Table tennis Men's individual – Class 2 Anna Harkowska Cycling Women's time trial C5 Marzena Zięba Powerlifting Women's +86 kg Lucyna Kornobys Athletics Women's shot put F34 Karolina Kucharczyk Athletics Women's long jump T20 Rafał Wilk Cycling Men's road race H4 Alicja Fiodorow Athletics Women's 200 metres T47 Jacek GaworskiMichał NalewajekDariusz Pender Wheelchair fencing Men's team foil Anna Harkowska Cycling Women's road race C4-5 Janusz Rokicki Athletics Men's shot put F57 Anna Trener-Wierciak Athletics Women's long jump T38 Adrian Castro Wheelchair fencing Men's individual sabre B Oliwia Jabłońska Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly S9 Piotr Grudzień Table tennis Men's individual – Class 8 Katarzyna Piekart Athletics Women's javelin throw F45/46 Karolina Pęk Table tennis Women's individual – Class 9 Barbara Niewiedzial Athletics Women's 400 m T20 Kamila Kubas Paracanoeing Women's KL1 Michał NalewajekDariusz PenderKamil Rząsa Wheelchair fencing Men's team épée Milena Olszewska Archery Women's individual recurve open Lech Stoltman Athletics Men's shot put F55

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.

Archery

Poland qualified two archers for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships, both in the recurve open with one spot for a man and one for a woman. Milena Olszewska earned the first spot. She came into the competition as the 2014 European Para Archery Championship the silver medallist. Piotr Sawicki earned Poland's second spot after defeating Japan’s Takahiro Hasegawa.

Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAdam DudkaMen's individual Compound open65523 L 136-141Did not advancePiotr SawickiMen's individual Recurve open6218 W 6-0 W 6-2 L 3-7Did not advance

Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMilena OlszewskaWomen's individual Recurve open6194 W 6-2W 6-0W 6-0L 1-7W 6-5

Mixed AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPiotr SawickiMilena OlszewskaTeam recurve open12403 W 6-2 L 4-5Did not advance

Athletics

Men Track AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Krzysztof CiukszaMen's 400m T36align="center" colspan="4" 55.974Men's 800m T36align="center" colspan="4" 2:16.906Michał DerusMen's 100m T45/46/4710.793 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 10.79Aleksander KossakowskiSylwester Lepiarz (guide)Men's 1500m T11—DSQalign="center" colspan="2" Did not advanceRafał KorcMen's 1500m T20align="center" colspan="4" 3:56.544Mateusz MichalskiMen's 100m T1311.095 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 11.015Daniel PekMen's 400m T2052.4310align="center" colspan="2" Did not advanceMen's 1500m T20align="center" colspan="4" 3:56.17 Łukasz WieteckiMen's 5000m T12/13align="center" colspan="4" 15:36.0410Men's 1500m T12/T13align="center" colspan="4" 3:54.205

Field AthleteEventsResultRankTomasz BlatkiewiczMen's discus throw F3744.268Men's shot put F3712.616Michał DerusMen's long jump T45/46/476.5611Adrian ImianowskiMen's discus throw F51/5216.335Robert JachimowiczMen's discus throw F51/5219.10Karol KozuńMen's shot put F54/5511.334Maciej LepiatoMen's high jump T442.19 WRMen's long jump T43/446.0511Mirosław MadziaMen's discus throw F1132.507Łukasz MamczarzMen's high jump T421.774Paweł PiotrowskiMen's shot put F3613.345Janusz RokickiMen's shot put F56/5714.26Mariusz SobczakMen's long jump T365.156Maciej SochalMen's club throw F31/3233.91Men's shot put F328.604Lech StoltmanMen's shot put F54/5511.39Bartosz TyszkowskiMen's javelin throw F40/4135.938Men's shot put F4113.56

Women

Track AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Alicja FiodorowWomen's 100m T45/46/4712.433 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 12.46Women's 200m T45/46/4725.852 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 25.61 Joanna MazurMichał Stawicki (guide)Women's 200m T1126.6210 Q26.8711Did not advanceWomen's 400m T1159.057align="center" colspan="2" Did not advance Arleta MelochWomen's 400m T201:01.3210align="center" colspan="2" Did not advanceWomen's 1500m T20align="center" colspan="4" 4:33.194Barbara NiewiedzialWomen's 400m T2059.204 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 58.51Women's 1500m T20align="center" colspan="4" 4:24.37Katarzyna PiekartWomen's 100m T45/46/4713.369align="center" colspan="2" Did not advanceSabina StenkaWomen's 400m T2059.635 Qalign="center" colspan="2" 59.275Women's 1500m T20align="center" colspan="4" —DNSAnna Trener-WierciakWomen's 100m T3813.709align="center" colspan="2" Did not advance

Field AthleteEventsResultRankEwa DurskaWomen's shot put F2013.94 WRLucyna KornobysWomen's shot put F348.00Women's javelin throw F3417.884Karolina KucharczykWomen's long jump T205.55Katarzyna PiekartWomen's javelin throw F45/4641.07Women's long jump T45/46/475.058Renata ŚliwińskaWomen's discus throw F40/4123.346Women's shot put F406.646Anna Trener-WierciakWomen's long jump T384.53

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

Road

Men AthleteEventTimeRankMarcin Polak(Michał Ładosz - pilot)Men's road race B—DNFMen's time trial B36:50.0611Przemysław Wegner(Artur Korc - pilot)Men's road race B2:31:467Men's time trial B36:18.395Arkadiusz SkrzypińskiMen's road race H41:35:0410Men's time trial H430:12.018Rafał WilkMen's road race H41:28:51Men's time trial H427:39.31

Women AthleteEventTimeRankAnna Duzikowska(Natalia Morytko - pilot)Women's road race B2:12:1413Women's time trial B43:28.3114Iwona Podkościelna(Aleksandra Tecław - pilot)Women's road race B1:58:02Women's time trial B39:54.455Anna HarkowskaWomen's road race C4-52:19:11Women's time trial C528:52.79Renata KałużaWomen's road race H1-2-3-41:16:015Women's time trial H1-2-334:33.964

Track

Pursuits and time trials

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeRankMarcin Polak(Michał Ładosz - pilot)Men's individual pursuit B4:27.99711Did not advancePrzemysław Wegner(Artur Korc - pilot)Men's individual pursuit B4:26.97210Did not advance

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeRankAnna Duzikowska(Natalia Morytko - pilot)Women's individual pursuit B3:48.02612Did not advanceWomen's 1000m time trial B1:14.88911Did not advanceIwona Podkościelna(Aleksandra Tecław - pilot)Women's individual pursuit B3:41.9448Did not advanceWomen's 1000m time trial B1:13.4119Did not advanceAnna HarkowskaWomen's individual pursuit C53:53.7454 Q3:54.7014Women's 500m time trial C4-541.09413Did not advance

Equestrian The country earned an individual slot via the Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation method.

Individual

AthleteHorseEventTotalScoreRankKarolina KarwowskaEmolIndividual championship test grade III61.68316

Paracanoeing

Poland earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Jakub Tokarz earned the spot for Poland after finishing second in the men's KL1 event. Mateusz Surwilo earned a second spot for Poland after finishing seventh in the men's KL3 event. He qualified because a country only gets one canoe per event, and Russia had two canoes ahead of them.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTime RankJakub TokarzMen's KL155.4693 R54.2411 FA51.084Mateusz SurwiłoMen's KL350.3395 R45.1895Did not advanceKamila KubasWomen's KL11:01.3872 FAalign="center" colspan="2" 1:00.232

Powerlifting

Men AthleteEventTotal liftedRankMariusz TomczykMen's –59 kg—Grzegorz LanzerMen's –65 kg1708Marek TrykaczMen's –72 kg1734

Women AthleteEventTotal liftedRankJustyna KozdrykWomen's –45 kg954Małgorzata Hałas-KoralewskaWomen's –61 kg1004Marzena ZiębaWomen's +86 kg134

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. France qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the TA Mixed Double Sculls event with a seventh-place finish in a time of 04:08.770.

Athlete(s)EventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTime RankJolanta Majka Michał GadowskiMixed double sculls4:08.02 4 R4:07.252 FA4:06.266

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had nor already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Poland qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the SKUD 18 event with a fifth-place finish overall and the second country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Monika Gibes and Piotr Cichocki.

AthleteEventRaceTotal pointsNet pointsRank1234567891011Monika GibesPiotr CichockiSKUD 18312243123252137494

Shooting

AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankFilip RodzikMen's 10m air pistol SH153431Did not advanceSzymon Sowiński561 6 Q153.4 4 Filip RodzikMixed 25 metre pistol SH1548 21 Did not advanceSzymon Sowiński557 16Did not advanceFilip RodzikMixed 50 metre pistol SH1458 34Did not advanceSzymon Sowiński52510Did not advance

Swimming

Men