Venezuela at the Paralympics

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Venezuela made its Paralympic Games début at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York, sending five competitors in athletics and one in swimming. Absent from the Games in 1988, it returned in 1992, and has participated in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. Venezuela has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.

Although never a major medal contender, Venezuela has improved its medal intake over time. Having won no medals in 1984 or 1996, a single bronze in 1992 (Yolmer Urdaneta's in the men's discus) and a single bronze also in 2000 (Ricardo Santana's in the men's 200m T13 in athletics), it achieved its first silver (Santana in the 100m) and two bronze in 2004. The country's first Paralympic gold medal was won in 2008 by Naomi Soazo in the women's up to 63kg in judo. 2020 marked Venezuela's highest achievement to date, with three gold, two silver, and two bronze.[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=VEN&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Venezuela at the Paralympics], International Paralympic Committee

The country's medal tally following the 2020 Games places it 73nd on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Medal tallies

=Summer Paralympics=

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|style="background:silver; font-weight:bold;"|Silver

|style="background:#cc9966; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze

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1984 Summer Paralympics0000
1988 Summer Paralympicscolspan=6| Did Not Participate
1992 Summer Paralympics001150th
1996 Summer Paralympics0000
2000 Summer Paralympics001164th
2004 Summer Paralympics012363rd
2008 Summer Paralympics112446th
2012 Summer Paralympics002273rd
2016 Summer Paralympics033665th
2020 Summer Paralympics322738th
2024 Summer Paralympics321634th
Total791430

Medalists

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Medal

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{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Yolmer|Urdaneta}}{{Flag icon|ESP}} 1992 Barcelona25px AthleticsMen's Discus throw B2
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Ricardo|Santana}}{{Flag icon|AUS}} 2000 Sydney25px AthleticsMen's 200 m T13
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Ricardo|Santana}}{{Flag icon|GRE}} 2004 Athens25px AthleticsMen's 100 m T12
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Ricardo|Santana}}{{Flag icon|GRE}} 2004 Athens25px AthleticsMen's 200 m T12
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Aníbal|Bello}}
{{sortname|Oduver|Daza}}
Ricardo Santana
José Villarreal
{{Flag icon|GRE}} 2004 Athens25px AthleticsMen's 4x100m relay T11-13
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Naomi|Soazo}}{{Flag icon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing25px JudoWomen's -63 kg
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Oduver|Daza}}
Fernando Ferrer
Ricardo Santana
Yoldani Silva
{{Flag icon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing25px AthleticsMen's 4x100m Relay T11-T13
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Reinaldo|Caravallo}}{{Flag icon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing25px JudoMen's -81 kg
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Samuel|Colmenares}}{{Flag icon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing25px AthleticsMen's 400m - T46
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Marcos|Falcón}}{{Flag icon|GBR}} 2012 London25px JudoMen's 66 kg
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Omar|Monterola}}{{Flag icon|GBR}} 2012 London25px AthleticsMen's 200 m T37
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Luis|Paiva}}{{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro25px AthleticsMen's 400 m T20
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Omar|Monterola}}{{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro25px AthleticsMen's 400 m T37
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Sol|Rojas}}{{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro25px AthleticsWomen's 400 m T11
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Rafael|Uribe}}{{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro25px AthleticsMen's high jump T44
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Yescarly|Medina}}{{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro25px AthleticsWomen's 100 m T37
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Naomi|Soazo}}{{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro25px JudoWomen's 70 kg
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Linda Patricia|Pérez López}}{{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo25px AthleticsWomen's 100 m T11
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Lisbeli|Vera Andrade}}{{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo25px AthleticsWomen's 100 m T47
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Lisbeli|Vera Andrade}}{{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo25px AthleticsWomen's 200 m T47
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Luis Felipe|Rodríguez}}{{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo25px AthleticsMen's 400 m T20
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Lisbeli|Vera Andrade}}{{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo25px AthleticsWomen's 400 m T47
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Alejandra Paola|Pérez López}}{{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo25px AthleticsWomen's 400 m T12
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Clara|Fuentes Monasterio}}{{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo25px Powerlifting Women's 41 kg

See also

References

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{{National sports teams of Venezuela}}

{{Nations at the Paralympics}}