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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Event
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1984 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
1988 Summer Paralympics | colspan=6| Did Not Participate | ||||
1992 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50th |
1996 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
2000 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 64th |
2004 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 63rd |
2008 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 46th |
2012 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 73rd |
2016 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 65th |
2020 Summer Paralympics | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 38th |
2024 Summer Paralympics | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 34th |
Total | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
Medalists
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Medal
! Name !style="width:12em"| Games ! Sport ! Event | ||||
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{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Yolmer|Urdaneta}} | {{Flag icon|ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | 25px Athletics | Men's Discus throw B2 |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Ricardo|Santana}} | {{Flag icon|AUS}} 2000 Sydney | 25px Athletics | Men's 200 m T13 |
{{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Ricardo|Santana}} | {{Flag icon|GRE}} 2004 Athens | 25px Athletics | Men's 100 m T12 |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Ricardo|Santana}} | {{Flag icon|GRE}} 2004 Athens | 25px Athletics | Men's 200 m T12 |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Aníbal|Bello}} {{sortname|Oduver|Daza}} Ricardo Santana José Villarreal | {{Flag icon|GRE}} 2004 Athens | 25px Athletics | Men's 4x100m relay T11-13 |
{{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Naomi|Soazo}} | {{Flag icon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing | 25px Judo | Women's -63 kg |
{{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Oduver|Daza}} Fernando Ferrer Ricardo Santana Yoldani Silva | {{Flag icon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing | 25px Athletics | Men's 4x100m Relay T11-T13 |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Reinaldo|Caravallo}} | {{Flag icon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing | 25px Judo | Men's -81 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Samuel|Colmenares}} | {{Flag icon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing | 25px Athletics | Men's 400m - T46 |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Marcos|Falcón}} | {{Flag icon|GBR}} 2012 London | 25px Judo | Men's 66 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Omar|Monterola}} | {{Flag icon|GBR}} 2012 London | 25px Athletics | Men's 200 m T37 |
{{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Luis|Paiva}} | {{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 25px Athletics | Men's 400 m T20 |
{{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Omar|Monterola}} | {{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 25px Athletics | Men's 400 m T37 |
{{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Sol|Rojas}} | {{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 25px Athletics | Women's 400 m T11 |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Rafael|Uribe}} | {{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 25px Athletics | Men's high jump T44 |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Yescarly|Medina}} | {{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 25px Athletics | Women's 100 m T37 |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Naomi|Soazo}} | {{Flag icon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 25px Judo | Women's 70 kg |
{{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Linda Patricia|Pérez López}} | {{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo | 25px Athletics | Women's 100 m T11 |
{{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Lisbeli|Vera Andrade}} | {{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo | 25px Athletics | Women's 100 m T47 |
{{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Lisbeli|Vera Andrade}} | {{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo | 25px Athletics | Women's 200 m T47 |
{{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Luis Felipe|Rodríguez}} | {{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo | 25px Athletics | Men's 400 m T20 |
{{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Lisbeli|Vera Andrade}} | {{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo | 25px Athletics | Women's 400 m T47 |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Alejandra Paola|Pérez López}} | {{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo | 25px Athletics | Women's 400 m T12 |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Clara|Fuentes Monasterio}} | {{Flag icon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo | 25px Powerlifting | Women's 41 kg |