Venezuela at the Paralympics


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 and a single bronze also in 2000, it achieved its first silver and two bronze in 2004. The country's first -and so far only- Paralympic gold medal was won in 2008 by Naomi Soazo in the women's up to 63kg in judo. 2008 marked Venezuela's highest achievement to date, with one gold, four silver, and two bronze.
The country's medal tally following the 2008 Games places it 92nd on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
1992 Barcelona AthleticsMen's Discus throw B2
2000 Sydney AthleticsMen's 200 m T13
2004 Athens AthleticsMen's 100 m T12
2004 Athens AthleticsMen's 200 m T12

Ricardo Santana
José Villarreal		 2004 Athens AthleticsMen's 4x100m relay T11-13
2008 Beijing JudoWomen's -63 kg

Fernando Ferrer
Ricardo Santana
Yoldani Silva		 2008 Beijing AthleticsMen's 4x100m Relay T11-T13
2008 Beijing JudoMen's -81 kg
2008 Beijing AthleticsMen's 400m - T46
2012 London JudoMen's 66 kg
2012 London AthleticsMen's 200 m T37
2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsMen's 400 m T20
2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsMen's 400 m T37
2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsWomen's 400 m T11
2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsMen's high jump T44
2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsWomen's 100 m T37
2016 Rio de Janeiro JudoWomen's 70 kg