Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Puerto Rico at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codePUR
NPCComite Paralimpico de Puerto Rico
in Beijing
Medals
Ranked 69th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Puerto Rico competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The delegation consisted of three competitors, one track and field athlete, one sailor, and one sport shooter.

Medalists

The country won one medal, a bronze.[1]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Nilda Gomez Lopez Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1

Track and field athletics

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Points Rank
Alexis Pizarro-Jimenez Men's shot put F57/58 N/A 12.99 868 12

Sailing

One Puerto Rican athlete, Julio Reguero, competed in the single-person 2.4mR keelboat event. Reguero finished in ninth place out of sixteen sailors.[2]

Athlete Event Race Total points Net points
Total-(#) 		Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Julio Reguero 2.4 mR - 1 person keelboat 7 (17)
OCS 		13 5 5 8 (15) 7 7 13 CAN 97 65 9
Key
  • (#) = Worst two results discarded
  • OCS = On the course side of the starting line (penalty)
  • CAN = Race canceled

Shooting

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Nilda Gomez Lopez Women's air rifle standing SH1 387 5 489.2
Women's sport rifle 3x20 SH1 536 17 Did not advance

See also

  • flagPuerto Rico portal
  • Sports portal

External links

  • Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
  • International Paralympic Committee

References

  1. ^ "Overall Medal Standings", official website of the Beijing Paralympics
  2. ^ "Sailing: 1P Keelboat (2.4mr): Fleet Overall" (PDF). The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. September 13, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
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