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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.
List of most gold medals won at a single Paralympic Games [ edit ] This is a list of gold medallists with four or more gold medals won in a single Paralympic Games, or the gold medallist with the highest number of gold medals won at a Paralympic Games, including Team Events .
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
She retained her Paralympic gold medals in women's 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley events at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. Despite the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME), she continued to participate in swimming and claimed four silver medals and a solitary bronze in the next two Paralympic Games in 2000 and 2004 before ...
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.
Myklebust won five gold medals and one silver at the 1988 Winter Paralympics, two gold at the 1992 Games, five gold, two silver and two bronze in 1994, [3] five gold in Nagano [4] and five gold in 2002. [5] She has won Paralympic medals in short, middle and long-distance cross-country races, relays, the biathlon, and ice sledge racing. [6]
Emi Perry struggled to accept her new identity as a para athlete, but resilience kept her in the sport until she reached Paralympic status. This athlete lost the use of her legs 7 years ago. How ...
Pascal Pinard (born 10 September 1965) [1] is a French swimmer and multiple Paralympic gold medallist. He first represented France at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, winning five gold medals, a silver and two bronze. He represented France again at the 1996 Games, taking a gold, a silver and two bronze.