| 词条 | Ghana at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NPC = GHA | NPCname = National Paralympic Committee of Ghana | games = Summer Paralympics | year = 2016 | flagcaption = | oldcode = | website = | location = Rio de Janeiro | competitors = 3 | sports = 3 | flagbearer = | rank = | gold = 0 | silver = 0 | bronze = 0 | officials = | appearances = auto | app_begin_year = 2004 | app_end_year = | summerappearances = | winterappearances = | seealso = }} Ghana competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. BackgroundWheelchairs, especially specialized ones, are very expensive in Ghana. Their high cost makes it cost prohibitive for many Ghanaians with disabilities to get into sport, especially as they often use cheap, home manufactured wheelchairs to get around. The infrastructure in Ghana also makes it difficult for people with wheelchairs to get out into society as there are few ramps and handicap accessible locations. This makes it hard to develop elite disability sport in the country to compete at the Paralympic level.[1] Funding and supportNPC Ghana has created a program to support efforts by its Paralympians called the “Right to Dream” which provides regular funding to support athletes in their efforts to compete internationally, and not just at key Paralympic qualifying events.[2] Disability classifications{{main|Disability sport classification}}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] Athletics{{main article|Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics}}
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See also
References1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37422157|title=Letter from Africa: The wheelchair gap|date=2016-09-21|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-10-25}} {{NPCin2016SummerParalympics}}2. ^{{cite news |title=The Paralympian |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |date=2013 |url=http://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/magazine/150415140912588_Paralympian022013_0.pdf |accessdate=25 December 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Paralympics categories explained |publisher=ABC |date=3 September 2008 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354016.htm?site=paralympics/2008 |accessdate=25 December 2015}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Making sense of the categories |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 October 2000 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/paralympics/959701.stm |accessdate=25 December 2015}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=A-Z of Paralympic classification |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 August 2008 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7586684.stm |accessdate=25 December 2015}} 3 : Nations at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Ghana at the Paralympics|2016 in Ghanaian sport |
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