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New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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New Zealand at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeNZL
NPCParalympics New Zealand
Websiteparalympics.org.nz
in Beijing
Competitors30 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Sholto Taylor[1]
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
5
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
12
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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]

Medallists

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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

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Athletics

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Men's track

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Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tim Prendergast T13 800m 1:56.28 6
1500m 4:13.54 9 Q 4:09.09 5
5000m 15:47.26 6 Q 15:13.60 4
Matt Slade T37 100m 12.54 6 Q 12.46 4
200m 25.53 10 did not advance

Men's field

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

Women's track

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Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Kate Horan T44 100m 14.04 6 q 14.01 5
200m 28.36 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's field

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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

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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

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Women's road

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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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women's track

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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 42.0 9
Paula Tesoriero Women's individual pursuit LC3-4/CP3 4:22.862 3 q  Paris (AUS)
W 4:26.080
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's time trial LC3-4/CP3 43.3 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 1:14.048 5

Powerlifting

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Athlete Event Result Rank
George Taamaru +100kg NMR

Shooting

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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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Swimming

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Men

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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 2:57.21 6
SM4 150m individual medley 2:40.43 1 Q 2:33.57 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women

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Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Sophie Pascoe S10 100m backstroke 1:11.26 1 Q 1:10.57 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100m butterfly 1:12.93 4 Q 1:10.53 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100m freestyle 1:05.90 9 did not advance
SB9 100m breaststroke 1:24.54 1 Q 1:22.58 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SM10 200m individual medley 2:39.40 1 Q 2:35.21 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Wheelchair rugby

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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
 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

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References

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  1. ^ Xinhua (6 September 2008). "Taylor to carry New Zealand flag at Beijing Paralympics". Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  2. ^ Xinhua (7 May 2008). "New Zealand to send a 30-strong team to Beijing Paralympic Games". Archived from the original on 24 August 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Paralympians aim for Medals in Beijing". NZ Live. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  4. ^ John McBeth (15 September 2008). "Leslie records golden swim". One Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Paralympics: Latest Kiwi news". One Sport. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  6. ^ a b "Gold and silver for NZ swimmers". NZPA. 14 September 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  7. ^ a b c d "Pascoe wins gold for granddad". NZPA. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  8. ^ "Sophie Pascoe wins gold". One Sport. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  9. ^ a b "Second gold for Pascoe in the pool". 12 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  10. ^ a b "Tesoriero on a high". One Sport. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  11. ^ "Horan wins track silver". NZPA. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  12. ^ "Kiwi teen takes silver". NZPA/One Sport. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  13. ^ a b Suzanne Burgess (12 September 2008). "Tesoriero's triple medal treat". One Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  14. ^ "Johnson scores bronze in shoot-off". One Sport. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
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