Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Venezuela at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeVEN
NPCComité Paralimpico Venezolano
in Beijing
Competitors27 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 46th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Venezuela sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. They won 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Naomi Soazo Judo Women's 63 kg
 Silver Oduver Daza
Fernando Ferrer
Ricardo Santana
Yoldani Silva		 Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m Relay - T11-T13
 Bronze Reinaldo Caravallo Judo Men's -81 kg
 Bronze Samuel Colmenares Athletics Men's 400m - T46

Sports

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Jesus Aguilar T53 100m 16.48 11 did not advance
200m 27.96 7 Q — 27.86 7
400m 53.50 10 did not advance
Jose Camacho T11 100m 12.02 18 did not advance
200m 24.70 17 did not advance
Marcos Castillo T52 100m — 18.23 5
200m — 33.38 8
Samuel Colmenares T46 400m 49.60 3 Q — 49.51 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
800m 2:01.13 13 did not advance
Fernando Ferrer T11 100m 11.59 10 q 11.67 10 did not advance
Rubeng Gomez T46 100m 11.42 13 did not advance
200m 24.23 20 did not advance
Willy Martinez T46 100m 11.61 14 did not advance
200m 23.35 10 did not advance
400m 50.87 10 did not advance
Luis Sanchez T13 800m — 1:55.98 5
1500m 4:05.04 7 q — 4:10.44 9
Ricardo Santana T12 100m 11.50 13 did not advance
200m 23.32 12 q DNF did not advance
Yoldani Silva T12 100m 11.65 16 did not advance
Juan Valladares T54 100m 15.67 21 did not advance
200m 27.21 22 did not advance
400m 50.45 21 did not advance
Oduver Daza
Fernando Ferrer
Ricardo Santana
Yoldani Silva 		T11-13 4 × 100 m relay 44.76 3 Q — 43.55 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Oduver Daza F12 Long jump 5.98 - 12

Women's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tatiana del Carmen de Tovar T12 100m 12.95 6 Q 12.89 7 B 12.99 7
Yadira Soturno T53 100m 18.88 10 did not advance
200m 35.03 10 did not advance
400m 1:04.80 9 did not advance
Irene Suarez T11 100m 13.20 8 B — 13.21 8
200m 27.06 6 B — 27.61 6
Alberlis Torres T11 100m 13.09 4 q — 13.08 4
200m DSQ did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Victor Garrido Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3 1:39:15 12
Cirio Molina Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3 1:39:15 16
Men's road time trial LC3 40:02.48 8

Men's track

Athlete Event Qualification 1st round Final
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Victor Garrido Men's time trial LC3-4 — 1:27.1 16

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1 		Repechage
round 2 		Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Reinaldo Carvallo Men's 81kg  Pominov (UKR)
W 0210-0000 		 Ardit (ITA)
W 0011-0000 		 Jonard (FRA)
L 0000-1010 		—  Oga (JPN)
W 1010-0000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Marcos Falcon Men's 66kg  V Sanchez (CUB)
L 0000–1102 		—  Harris (GBR)
W 0120-0001 		 Kallunki (FIN)
L 0000-1000 		Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1 		Repechage
round 2 		Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Naomi Soazo Women's 63kg Bye  Zhou Q (CHN)
W 1000–0001 		 Kivi (SWE)
W 0240-0120 		—  Arce (ESP)
W 1000-0000 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Result Rank
Jose Chirinos Men's 90kg 175.0 7
Nairobys Hernandez Women's 44kg NMR

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Pedro Gonzalez S12 50m freestyle 27.79 15 did not advance
100m butterfly 1:12.80 11 did not advance
SB12 100m breaststroke 1:25.96 11 did not advance

Women

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Belkys Mota S12 50m freestyle 30.28 8 Q 30.43 8
100m freestyle 1:07.11 8 Q 1:07.35 7
100m butterfly 1:13.95 4 Q 1:12.49 5
SM12 200m individual medley 2:52.44 10 did not advance
Valentina Rangel SM12 200m individual medley 3:23.63 12 did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Roberto Quijada Men's singles C3  Robin (FRA)
L 0–3 		 Kosco (SVK)
L 0–3 		3 did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Final medals table". BBC Sport. 17 September 2008. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2024.