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The Paralympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won medals. See the particular article on the athlete for more details on when and for what nation an athlete competed. More medals are available in some events than others, and the number of events in which medals are available overall have changed over time.
When she was 17, Jana was in a motorcycle crash which resulted in her breaking her back and leaving both of her legs paralysed. [1] Jana first participated in the Paralympic Games in 2004 where she won a gold medal in the Épée B event and a bronze medal in the Foil B event. This made her Thailand's first female Paralympic gold medalist.
Medal Host Number of medal events Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals (Gold-Silver-Bronze) Gold Silver Bronze Total 1960: winners: table: Rome, Italy: 113 113 94 84 291 Maria Scutti (9–1–2) Athletics 1964: winners: table: Tokyo, Japan: 144 144 138 136 418 Dean Slaugh (4–0–0) Archery Serge Bec (3–1–0) Wheelchair Fencing
Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long won her 30th medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. She talks on the TODAY show about having 17 golds and her future. Swimmer Jessica Long reacts to 'unimaginable ...
Rank Athlete Nation Sport Year Games Sex Gold Silver Bronze Total Maria Scutti Italy Multiple: 1960: Summer: F: 10: 3: 2: 15 Trischa Zorn United States Swimming: 1988: Summer: F: 10
It was also her fifth Paralympic gold medal in track cycling and her tenth Paralympic gold medal in women's cycling. It was also her record 15th gold medal in her Paralympic career. [48] During the qualifying heat event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics she broke her own world record by four seconds in the individual pursuit C5 category. [69] [70]
Rodríguez won a gold medal at Tokyo 2020 in the PTVI category. In addition, she obtained seven medals in the Adapted Triathlon World Championship between 2012 and 2019, and six medals in the Adapted Triathlon World Championship between 2013 and 2019. [10] She retained her title as Paralympic champion in the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
The light-hearted pre-race singing and dancing worked out for Pergolini, who earned the first American gold medal of the 2024 Paralympics with a time of 1:04.93 — just short of her world record ...