Venezuela at the Paralympics

Venezuela at the Paralympics
IPC code	VEN
NPC	Comité Paralimpico Venezolano
Medals	Gold 4 Silver 7 Bronze 13 Total 24
Summer appearances
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

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 ('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.^[1]

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

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze		1992 Barcelona	Athletics
Bronze	Ricardo Santana	2000 Sydney	Athletics
Silver	Ricardo Santana	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 100 m T12
Bronze	Ricardo Santana	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 200 m T12
Bronze	Aníbal Bello Oduver Daza Ricardo Santana José Villarreal	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 4x100m relay T11-13
Gold	Naomi Soazo	2008 Beijing	Judo	Women's -63 kg
Silver	Oduver Daza Fernando Ferrer Ricardo Santana Yoldani Silva	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 4x100m Relay T11-T13
Bronze		2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's -81 kg
Bronze	Samuel Colmenares	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 400m - T46
Bronze	Marcos Falcón	2012 London	Judo	Men's 66 kg
Bronze	Omar Monterola	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 200 m T37
Silver		2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 400 m T20
Silver	Omar Monterola	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 400 m T37
Silver	Sol Rojas	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 400 m T11
Bronze		2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's high jump T44
Bronze	Yescarly Medina	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 100 m T37
Bronze	Naomi Soazo	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo
Gold	Linda Patricia Pérez López	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 100 m T11
Gold	Lisbeli Vera Andrade	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 100 m T47
Gold	Lisbeli Vera Andrade	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 200 m T47
Silver		2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's 400 m T20
Silver	Lisbeli Vera Andrade	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 400 m T47
Bronze	Alejandra Paola Pérez López	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 400 m T12
Bronze	Clara Fuentes Monasterio	2020 Tokyo	Powerlifting	Women's 41 kg

See also[]

• Venezuela at the Olympics

References[]