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The origins of the Winter Paralympics are much similar to the Summer Paralympics. Injured soldiers returning from World War II sought sports as an avenue to healing. [ 2 ] Organized by Dr. Ludwig Guttmann , sports competitions between British convalescent hospitals began in 1948 and continued until 1960 when a parallel Olympics was held in Rome ...
This is a list of nations, as represented by National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), that have participated in the Winter Paralympic Games between 1976 and 2022. The Winter Paralympic Games have been held every four years (once during each Paralympiad) since 1976,and in 1994 when the Winter Games were moved to the middle of the Paralympiad, two years after the previous Games. 61 NPCs (56 of the ...
Paralympic Awards are presented for the first time. [9] 2006: 10–19 March - Torino Winter Paralympics - 477 athletes from 39 countries; [6] 58 events in 4 sports. Wheelchair curling made its Games debut. [6] IPC launched ParalympicSport.TV, an online TV channel, during the Games [9] and it attracted nearly 40,000 unique viewers from 105 ...
The 1984 Winter Paralympic Games (German: Paralympische Winterspiele 1984) were the third Winter Paralympics. They were held from 14 to 20 January 1984 in Innsbruck , Austria. They were the first Winter Games organized by the International Co-ordinating Committee (ICC), which was formed on 15 March 1982, in Leysin , Switzerland.
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities.There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have been held shortly after the corresponding Olympic Games.
1976 Winter Paralympics; 1980 Winter Paralympics; 1984 Winter Paralympics; 1988 Winter Paralympics; 1992 Winter Paralympics; 1994 Winter Paralympics; 1998 Winter Paralympics; 2002 Winter Paralympics; 2006 Winter Paralympics; 2010 Winter Paralympics; 2014 Winter Paralympics; 2018 Winter Paralympics; 2022 Winter Paralympics; 2026 Winter ...
The disabilities included in this Paralympics were blindness and amputees. Sixteen countries took part with 196 athletes. [1] There were competitions in Alpine and Nordic skiing for amputee and visually impaired athletes, and a demonstration event in ice sledge racing. [2] They were originally known as the 1st Winter Olympic Games for the ...
Paralympic alpine skiing has been competed at the Winter Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1976. Events include men's and women's downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined. Since the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, a three-category system is used. The three categories are: sitting, standing, and visually impaired.