View source for Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

{{infobox country at games
| NPC = KAZ
| NPCname = National Paralympic Committee of Kazakhstan
| games = Summer Paralympics
| year = 2016
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = 
| location = [[Rio de Janeiro]]
| competitors = 11
| sports = 5
| flagbearer = 
| rank = 58
| gold = 1
| silver = 1
| bronze = 0
| officials = 
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1996
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = {{flagIPC|URS}} (1988)<br/>{{flagIPC|EUN}} (1992)
}}

[[Kazakhstan]] competed at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. 11 athletes in 5 sports won 2 medals. Zulfiya Gabidullina won gold with World Record in [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Swimming, Women's freestyle 100 m (S3)]]. Raushan Koyshibayeva won silver in [[Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]]. Kazakhstan athletes finished 58th in medal count. 

== Disability classifications ==
{{main|Disability sport classification}}
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five [[Summer Paralympic Games#Disability categories|disability categories]]; [[amputation]], the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; [[cerebral palsy]]; [[wheelchair]] athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; [[visual impairment]], including [[blindness]]; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example [[dwarfism]] or [[multiple sclerosis]].<ref name=class1>{{cite web |title=Paralympics categories explained |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |date=3 September 2008 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354016.htm?site=paralympics/2008 |accessdate=25 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=class2>{{cite news |title=Making sense of the categories |publisher=[[BBC|BBC Sport]] |date=6 October 2000 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/paralympics/959701.stm |accessdate=25 December 2015}}</ref> Each [[Paralympic Games#Summer sports|Paralympic sport]] then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|athletics]], divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|swimming]], group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.<ref name=class3>{{cite news |title=A-Z of Paralympic classification |publisher=[[BBC|BBC Sport]] |date=28 August 2008 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7586684.stm |accessdate=25 December 2015}}</ref>

==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Medal
!Name
!Sport
!Event
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Zulfiya|Gabidullina|Zulfiya Gabidullina}} || [[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Swimming]] ||Women's freestyle 100&nbsp;m (S3)
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Raushan|Koyshibayeva|Raushan Koyshibayeva}} || [[Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] ||Women's 67&nbsp;kg 
|}

== See also ==
*[[Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Nations at the 2016 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Kazakhstan at the Paralympics|2016]]
[[Category:2016 in Kazakhstani sport]]