New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

New Zealand sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by thirty athletes[2] competing in 7 sports: athletics, boccia, cycling, power-lifting, shooting, swimming and wheelchair rugby.[3]

New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	NZL
NPC	Paralympics New Zealand
Website	paralympics.org.nz
in Beijing
Competitors	30 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Sholto Taylor[1]
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 5 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 12
Summer Paralympics appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Cameron Leslie	Swimming	Men's 150 m individual medley SM4[4][5]
Gold	Sophie Pascoe	Swimming	Woman's 100 m backstroke S10[6]
Gold	Sophie Pascoe	Swimming	Woman's 100 m breaststroke SB9[7][8]
Gold	Sophie Pascoe	Swimming	Woman's 200 m individual medley SM10[9]
Gold	Paula Tesoriero	Cycling	Woman's 500 m time trial (LC3–4/CP 3)[7][10]
Silver	Kate Horan	Athletics	Women's 200 m T44[11]
Silver	Sophie Pascoe	Swimming	Women's 100 m Butterfly S10[7][12]
Silver	Daniel Sharp	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB13[6]
Bronze	Annaliisa Farrell Jayne Parsons	Cycling	Time trial B&VI 1–3[13]
Bronze	Michael Johnson	Shooting	Mixed R4-10 m air rifle standing SH2[9][14]
Bronze	Paula Tesoriero	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit (LC 1–2/CP 4)[7][10]
Bronze	Paula Tesoriero	Cycling	Time trial LC 3–4/CP 3[13]

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
Tim Prendergast	T13	800m	N/A				1:56.28	6
		1500m	4:13.54	9 Q	N/A		4:09.09	5
		5000m	15:47.26	6 Q	N/A		15:13.60	4
Matt Slade	T37	100m	12.54	6 Q	N/A		12.46	4
		200m	25.53	10	Did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Terry Faleva'ai	F33-34/52	Shot put	9.65	895	12

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kate Horan	T44	100m	14.04	6 q	N/A		14.01	5
		200m	N/A				28.36

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Jessica Hamill	F32-34/51-53	Discus throw	19.27	1008	7
		Shot put	6.77	898	11
	F33-34/52-53	Javelin throw	13.68	963	10

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Liam Sanders	Mixed individual BC1	Moran (IRL)	L 3-7	3	Did not advance
		Marques (POR)	W 6-0
		Smith (GBR)	W 5-2
		Aandalen (NOR)	L 2-5
Keri Bonner	Mixed individual BC2	Murray (GBR)	L 0-17	4	Did not advance
		Hirose (JPN)	L 1-8
		Loung J (HKG)	L 1-4
Jeremy Morriss		Kwok H Y K (HKG)	L 2-3	2	Did not advance
		Toon (NZL)	W 9-4
		Wilhelmsen (NOR)	W 10-1
Maurice Toon		Kwok H Y K (HKG)	L 3-4	3	Did not advance
		Morriss (NZL)	L 4-9
		Wilhelmsen (NOR)	W 21-0
Henk Dijkstra	Mixed individual BC3	Polychronidis (GRE)	L 0-19	3	Did not advance
		Sukkarath (THA)	L 4-5
		Zhu H (CHN)	W 13-0
Amanda Slade		Jeong H W (KOR)	L 0-14	4	Did not advance
		Peixoto (POR)	L 0-12
		Visaratanunta (THA)	W 11-0
Keri Bonner Jeremy Morriss Liam Sanders Maurice Toon	Team BC1-2	China (CHN)	L 4-8	3	Did not advance
		Hong Kong (HKG)	L 2-8
Henk Dijkstra Greig Jackson Amanda Slade	Pairs BC3	Costa (POR)  Peixoto (POR)  Raimundo (POR)	L 4-8	4	Did not advance
		Punsnit (THA)  Sukkarath (THA)  Visaratanunta (THA)	W 4-2
		Michos (GRE)  Polychronidis (GRE)  Stavropoulou (GRE)	L 2-3

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Annemarie Donaldson	Women's road race HC A/B/C	1:39:22	11
	Women's road time trial HC A/B/C	32:13.21	8
Fiona Southorn	Women's road time trial LC1/LC2/CP4	43:02.78	7
Paula Tesoriero	Women's road time trial LC3/LC4/CP3	45:00.92
Jayne Parsons Annaliisa Farrell (pilot)	Women's road race B&VI 1-3	2:01:27	8
	Women's road time trial B&VI 1-3	38:40.40

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Fiona Southorn	Women's individual pursuit LC1-2/CP4	4:06.965	8	Did not advance
	Women's time trial LC1-2/CP4	N/A		42.0	9
Paula Tesoriero	Women's individual pursuit LC3-4/CP3	4:22.862	3 q	Paris (AUS) W 4:26.080
	Women's time trial LC3-4/CP3	N/A		43.3
Jayne Parsons Annaliisa Farrell (pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B&VI 1-3	3:47.271	4 q	Whitsell (USA) /  Woodring (USA) L 3:47.900	4
	Women's time trial B&VI 1-3	N/A		1:14.048	5

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
George Taamaru	+100kg	NMR

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Michael Johnson	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	599	9	Did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	597	7 Q	104.2	701.2

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cameron Leslie	S5	50m butterfly	43.20	6 Q	44.43	6
		50m freestyle	38.67	9	Did not advance
		200m freestyle	N/A		2:57.21	6
	SM4	150m individual medley	2:40.43	1 Q	2:33.57 WR
Daniel Sharp	S13	50m freestyle	25.30	8 Q	25.50	8
		100m freestyle	58.85	14	Did not advance
	SB13	100m breaststroke	1:10.81	4 Q	1:08.73

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sophie Pascoe	S10	100m backstroke	1:11.26	1 Q	1:10.57 WR
		100m butterfly	1:12.93	4 Q	1:10.53
		100m freestyle	1:05.90	9	Did not advance
	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:24.54	1 Q	1:22.58
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:39.40	1 Q	2:35.21

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Squad list	Group stage				Knockout stage
	Pool Match 1 Opposition Result	Pool Match 2 Opposition Result	Pool Match 3 Opposition Result	Rank	Semifinal Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
Daniel Buckingham (captain) Tim Johnson David Klinkhamer Curtis Palmer Sholto Taylor Geremy Tinker Jai Waite Adam Wakeford	Australia L 38-39	Great Britain L 38-39	Germany W 40-31	3	Classification 5-8  China W 47-34	Classification 5–6  Germany W 28-25	5

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• New Zealand at the Paralympics
• New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References

1. Xinhua (2008-09-06). "Taylor to carry New Zealand flag at Beijing Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
2. Xinhua (2008-05-07). "New Zealand to send a 30-strong team to Beijing Paralympic Games". Retrieved 2008-09-12.
3. "Paralympians aim for Medals in Beijing". NZ Live. 2008-07-16. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
4. John McBeth (2008-09-15). "Leslie records golden swim". One Sport. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
5. "Paralympics: Latest Kiwi news". One Sport. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
6. "Gold and silver for NZ swimmers". NZPA. 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
7. "Pascoe wins gold for granddad". NZPA. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
8. "Sophie Pascoe wins gold". One Sport. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
9. "Second gold for Pascoe in the pool". 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
10. "Tesoriero on a high". One Sport. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
11. "Horan wins track silver". NZPA. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
12. "Kiwi teen takes silver". NZPA/One Sport. 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
13. Suzanne Burgess (2008-09-12). "Tesoriero's triple medal treat". One Sport. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
14. "Johnson scores bronze in shoot-off". One Sport. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee
• List of New Zealand's Paralympians in Beijing, New Zealand Herald