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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)
	1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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

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	—				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
Matt Slade	T37	200m	25.53	10	did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Terry Faleva'ai	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	—		14.01	5
Kate Horan	T44	200m	—				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	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
Keri Bonner Jeremy Morriss Liam Sanders Maurice Toon	Team BC1-2	Hong Kong (HKG)	L 2-8	3	did not advance
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

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Annemarie Donaldson	Women's road race HC A/B/C	1:39:22	11
Annemarie Donaldson	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	—		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	—		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	—		1:14.048	5

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
George Taamaru	+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	—		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
Daniel Buckingham (captain) Tim Johnson David Klinkhamer Curtis Palmer Sholto Taylor Geremy Tinker Jai Waite Adam Wakeford	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

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^ 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.
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^ ^a ^b "Second gold for Pascoe in the pool". 12 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Tesoriero on a high". One Sport. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
^ "Horan wins track silver". NZPA. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
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^ ^a ^b Suzanne Burgess (12 September 2008). "Tesoriero's triple medal treat". One Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
^ "Johnson scores bronze in shoot-off". One Sport. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.