Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
| Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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| IPC code | AZE | ||||||||
| NPC | National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic | ||||||||
| Website | www |
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| in Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 in 9 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Ilham Zakiyev | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 48th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances | |||||||||
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 Soviet Union (1960–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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Azerbaijan competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
The country sent a team of 25 athletes, 19 men and 6 women, along with 2 officials to the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, Azerbaijan earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Bayram Mustafayev in the men's -66 kg event. The B3 Judoka finished first in his class. Ramil Gasimov gave his country a second spot after the B2 judoka won the men's -73kg class.
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