# Romania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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

## 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.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Alex Bologa | Judo | Men's 60 kg | 8 September |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cycling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paracanoe | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 9 | 2 | 12 |

## Athletics

Romania has qualified 2 athletes for 2016 Summer Paralympics. Florentina Hrişcu is the first female athlete to qualify for Romania in athletics at the Paralympic Games.
Field Events - Women
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Florentina Hrișcu | Discus F43/44 | 18.59 | 12 |
Field Events - Men
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Florin Cojoc | High jump T45/46/47 | 1.75 | 10 |

## 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, Romania qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements. After final rankings, Romania has qualified 2 cyclists 2016 Summer Paralympics.

### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Carol-Eduard Novak | Road Race C4-5 | 2:18:07 | 9 |
| Carol-Eduard Novak | Time Trial C4 | 40:02.02 | 6 |
| Attila Olah | Road Race C1-2-3 | 2:07:59 | 29 |
| Attila Olah | Time Trial C2 | 33:20.80 | 14 |

### Track
#### Time Trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Attila Olah | Men's 1km Time Trial C1-2-3 | 1:22.914 | 26 |

#### Individual Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Carol-Eduard Novak | Men's Individual Pursuit C4 | 4:51.037 | 5 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |

## Judo

Romania has received an invitational spot for men extra-lightweight (60 kg) for 2016 Summer Paralympics.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | First repechage round | Repechage semifinals | Final/BM | Final/BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Alexandru Bologa | -60 kg | Lee Minjae (KOR) W 000$^3$–000$^2$ | Mouloud Noura (ALG) W 000$^3$–000$^2$ | Hirose Makoto (JPN) L 000–100 | N/A | N/A | Henry Borges (URU) W 100-000 | |

## Paracanoeing

Romania 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. Mihaela Lulea earned the spot for Romania after finishing fourth in the women's KL3 event. Iulian Serban earned a second spot for Romania after finishing fourth in the men's KL3 event.
Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Iulian Șerban | Men's KL3 | 43.223 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 41.200 | 4 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mihaela Lulea | Women's KL3 | 55.479 | 7 Q | 54.665 | 1 Q | 52.273 | 4 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athletes | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Samuel Ciorap | 100 m backstroke S12 | 1:09.30 | 11 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Samuel Ciorap | 50 m freestyle S12 | 26.36 | 18 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Samuel Ciorap | 100 m breaststroke SB12 | 1:13.92 | 9 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Octavian Ilina | 200 m freestyle S2 | 5:44.10 | 9 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Octavian Ilina | 50 m backstroke S2 | 1:13.81 | 9 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Octavian Ilina | 100 m backstroke S2 | 2:49.34 | 10 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |

### Women

| Athletes | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Naomi Ciorap | 100 m breaststroke S13 | 1:22.00 | 12 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Naomi Ciorap | 100 m butterfly S13 | 1:22.55 | 19 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Naomi Ciorap | 50 m freestyle S13 | 30.93 | 19 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | 1St Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Dacian Makszin | Individual C3 | Thomas Schmidberger (GER) L 0-3 | Anurak Laowong (THA) L 1-3 | 3 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Bobi Simion | Individual C6 | Alvaro Vargas Munoz Valera (ESP) L 0-3 | Christian Dettoni (CHI) W 3-2 | 2 | Michal Jensen (DEN) W 3-2 | Peter Rosenmeier (DEN) L 0-3 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |