Lithuania at the Rio 2016 Paralympics

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Lithuania's men's goalball team celebrates after winning the Parantee Championships in Blankenberge, Belgium.

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Lithuania's men's goalball team celebrates after winning the Parantee Championships in Blankenberge, Belgium. © • Parantee

·Lithuania has claimed 30 medals at the Paralympic Summer Games: G4-S11-B15.

·Atlanta 1996 were Lithuania's most successful Paralympic Games to date, winning three gold medals (S2-B6).

·The NPC made its debut at the Barcelona/Madrid 1992 Paralympic Games.

·Lithuania is in 56th place on the Summer Games' all-time medal table.

·The NPC has been most successful in athletics, claiming four gold, eight silver and 13 bronze medals.

·Athlete Aldona Grigaliuniene is Lithuania's most successful Paralympian in individual events: G2-S1.

·Malda Baumgarte won Lithuania's other two gold medals, also in athletics. She won the women's shot put and discus throw F41 at Atlanta 1996.

·Mindaugas Bilius grabbed silver in men's shot put F37 at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha and is looking for the first Lithuanian gold medal at the Paralympic Games since Grigaliuniene won the women's shot put F37/38 at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.

·There is no rights holding broadcaster in Lithuania, but the Paralympic Games can be watched live via the IPC’s website at www.paralympic.org.

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