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    Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and...
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    The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes...
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    the International Paralympic Committee for its sport to become a paralympic sport, though in the latter case, several Paralympic Sports are governed by...
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    body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports. Founded on 22...
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  • events across 22 sports. These games marked the first time Paris hosted the Summer Paralympics and the second time France hosted the Paralympic Games, following...
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    The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event...
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    the Paralympic sports are set by the International Federation (IF) that governs that sport's international competition. The first official Paralympic Games...
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  • 2024 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Paris...
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    The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States...
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    of all Paralympic medalists since 1960, organized by each Paralympic sport or discipline, and also by Paralympiad. List of multiple Paralympic gold medalists...
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    National and International Sports meets.[citation needed] The organization affiliated itself to the International Paralympic Committee, as well as the...
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    Boccia (redirect from Paralympic Boccia)
    Boccia is governed by the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) and is one of two Paralympic sports (along with goalball) that have no counterpart...
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  • The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September...
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    disability sports, and as organisations were formed by the International Paralympic Committee to organise and regulate the different disability sports, a practice...
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    the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee. Both...
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  • odd-numbered year and the first Summer Paralympics to be held in a non-leap year. The Games featured 539 medal events in 22 sports, with badminton and taekwondo...
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  • Paralympic football consists of adaptations of the sport of association football for athletes with a physical disability. These sports are typically played...
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  • Paralympic powerlifting, also known as para powerlifting and para-lifting, is an adaptation of the sport of powerlifting for athletes with disabilities...
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    Goalball (redirect from Paralympic Goalball)
    Japanese anime, Breakers, where Paralympic sports are featured, originally planned to promote the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Goalballer Sarah Kennedy (Qld)...
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  • The medal table of the 2024 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals that were won...
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    Parasports (redirect from Adaptive sports)
    term Paralympic sports may also be used interchangeably with parasports, though technically this only refers to sports contested at the Paralympic Games...
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    Paralympic shooting, also known as shooting Para sport (Para Shooting), is an adaptation of shooting sports for competitors with disabilities. Shooting...
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  • Australia, Wheelchair Sports Australia, and Yachting Australia. Paralympics Australia was established in 1990 as the Australian Paralympic Federation. It is...
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  • The 2010 Winter Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'hiver de 2010), or the tenth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British...
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    Paralympic symbols are the icons, flags, and symbols used by the International Paralympic Committee to promote the Paralympic Games. The Paralympic motto...
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  • The 2026 Winter Paralympics (Italian: Giochi paralimpici invernali del 2026), officially the XIV Paralympic Winter Games (Italian: XIV Giochi paralimpici...
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    Priya Cooper (category Female Paralympic swimmers for Australia)
    1974) is an Australian world champion disabled swimmer, winning nine Paralympic gold medals as well as world records and world championships. She competed...
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  • Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was...
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  • Summer Paralympics. World Boccia events calendar here. August 29 – September 5: 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris March 22–28: 2024 Paralympic Qualifier...
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  • event for Paralympic sports held outside of Summer Paralympic years. The International Stoke Mandeville Games were the forerunner of the Paralympic Games...
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