New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

New Zealand at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
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
Medals; Ranked 24th	Gold 5 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 12
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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]

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[]

Men's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	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
Matt Slade	T37	200m	25.53	10	Did not advance

Men's field[]

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

Women's track[]

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

Women's field[]

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

Boccia[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Liam Sanders	Mixed individual BC1	(IRL)	L 3-7	3	Did not advance
		(POR)	W 6-0
		Smith (GBR)	W 5-2
		Aandalen (NOR)	L 2-5
	Mixed individual BC2	Murray (GBR)	L 0-17	4	Did not advance
		(JPN)	L 1-8
		(HKG)	L 1-4
Jeremy Morriss		(HKG)	L 2-3	2	Did not advance
		Toon (NZL)	W 9-4
		(NOR)	W 10-1
Maurice Toon		(HKG)	L 3-4	3	Did not advance
		Morriss (NZL)	L 4-9
		(NOR)	W 21-0
	Mixed individual BC3	Polychronidis (GRE)	L 0-19	3	Did not advance
		(THA)	L 4-5
		(CHN)	W 13-0
		Jeong H W (KOR)	L 0-14	4	Did not advance
		(POR)	L 0-12
		(THA)	W 11-0
Jeremy Morriss Liam Sanders Maurice Toon	Team BC1-2	China (CHN)	L 4-8	3	Did not advance
Jeremy Morriss Liam Sanders Maurice Toon	Team BC1-2	Hong Kong (HKG)	L 2-8	3	Did not advance
	Pairs BC3	(POR) (POR) (POR)	L 4-8	4	Did not advance
		(THA) (THA) (THA)	W 4-2
		(GRE) Polychronidis (GRE) (GRE)	L 2-3

Cycling[]

Women's road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	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
Jayne Parsons Annaliisa Farrell (pilot)	Women's road time trial B&VI 1-3	38:40.40

Women's track[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Fiona Southorn	Women's individual pursuit LC1-2/CP4	4:06.965	8	Did not advance
Fiona Southorn	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
Paula Tesoriero	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
Jayne Parsons Annaliisa Farrell (pilot)	Women's time trial B&VI 1-3	N/A		1:14.048	5

Powerlifting[]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	+100kg	NMR

Shooting[]

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

Swimming[]

Men[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	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
	S13	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
Athlete	Class	Event	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[]

Squad list	Group stage				Knockout stage
Squad list	Pool Match 1 Opposition Result	Pool Match 2 Opposition Result	Pool Match 3 Opposition Result	Rank	Semifinal Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
(captain) Tim Johnson Curtis Palmer Sholto Taylor Geremy Tinker Jai Waite	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

References[]

^ 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.
^ Xinhua (2008-05-07). "New Zealand to send a 30-strong team to Beijing Paralympic Games". Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ "Paralympians aim for Medals in Beijing". NZ Live. 2008-07-16. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ John McBeth (2008-09-15). "Leslie records golden swim". One Sport. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
^ "Paralympics: Latest Kiwi news". One Sport. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
^ ^a ^b "Gold and silver for NZ swimmers". NZPA. 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Pascoe wins gold for granddad". NZPA. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ "Sophie Pascoe wins gold". One Sport. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ ^a ^b "Second gold for Pascoe in the pool". 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ ^a ^b "Tesoriero on a high". One Sport. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ "Horan wins track silver". NZPA. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ "Kiwi teen takes silver". NZPA/One Sport. 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ ^a ^b Suzanne Burgess (2008-09-12). "Tesoriero's triple medal treat". One Sport. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
^ "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

[flagst-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.

[30str-2] Xinhua (2008-05-07). "New Zealand to send a 30-strong team to Beijing Paralympic Games". Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[nzlive1-3] "Paralympians aim for Medals in Beijing". NZ Live. 2008-07-16. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[Lesliegs-4] John McBeth (2008-09-15). "Leslie records golden swim". One Sport. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

[Latestnews1-5] "Paralympics: Latest Kiwi news". One Sport. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

[GSNZS-6] "Gold and silver for NZ swimmers". NZPA. 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-14.

[TVNZ1-7] "Pascoe wins gold for granddad". NZPA. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[SPWG-8] "Sophie Pascoe wins gold". One Sport. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[2ndPascoeg-9] "Second gold for Pascoe in the pool". 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[Tesorierohigh-10] "Tesoriero on a high". One Sport. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[Horants-11] "Horan wins track silver". NZPA. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[Kiwiteents-12] "Kiwi teen takes silver". NZPA/One Sport. 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[Tesoriero3m-13] Suzanne Burgess (2008-09-12). "Tesoriero's triple medal treat". One Sport. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

[Johnsonbr-14] "Johnson scores bronze in shoot-off". One Sport. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-12.

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New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Contents

Medalists[]

Sports[]

Athletics[]

Men's track[]

Men's field[]

Women's track[]

Women's field[]

Boccia[]

Cycling[]

Women's road[]

Women's track[]

Powerlifting[]

Shooting[]

Swimming[]

Men[]

Women[]

Wheelchair rugby[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]