LA28 Paralympic Games medal event programme and athlete quotas confirmed

LA28 Paralympic Games medal event programme and athlete quotas confirmed

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Paralympic wheelchair tennis stars return to Roland Garros

Paralympic wheelchair tennis stars return to Roland Garros

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Meet Brahim Guendouz, Africa's first Paralympic canoe champion

Meet Brahim Guendouz, Africa's first Paralympic canoe champion

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USA wins World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Buffalo

USA wins World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Buffalo

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Aigner siblings target Paralympic medal haul at Milano Cortina 2026

Aigner siblings target Paralympic medal haul at Milano Cortina 2026

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LA28 🇺🇸🏅 Medal Events & Athlete Quotas Confirmed! 📢

LA28 🇺🇸🏅 Medal Events & Athlete Quotas Confirmed! 📢

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) confirmed the medal events and athlete quotas for the LA28 Paralympic Games on Wednesday (3 June). With regards to the 22 sports that were included by the IPC Governing Board in the initial sport programme for LA28 in January 2023, there will be 552 medal events and a total of 4,400 athlete quota places – the same number of quota places as for Paris 2024 and Tokyo 2020. Across the 22 sports, there will be 243 medal events for female athletes (44 per cent), eight more than for Paris 2024, while the number of medal events for male athletes has been reduced by eight to 263 (48 per cent). The number of open or mixed gender medal events has increased by three to 46 (eight per cent). Read more about the LA28 Paralympic Games medal event programme and athlete quotas

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Milano Cortina 2026 awards Paralympic broadcast rights in Australia to Nine

In Australia, Nine will bring the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games to audiences across the country through live coverage across the 9Network (including Channel 9 9Gem and its Broadcast Video On Demand (BVOD) platform 9Now

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IPC President Andrew Parsons and two female Paralympians wearing Australia's green polo shirt are posing for a photo

IPC President urges Australians to "seize opportunity" of Brisbane 2032 Paralympics

As part of a seven-country tour, the IPC President is currently in Australia meeting stakeholders in Brisbane and Sydney

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TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE Milano Cortina 2026 PARALYMPIC GAMES

06 - 15 Mar 2026

TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE LA28 PARALYMPIC GAMES

15 - 27 Aug 2028
About the Paralympic Games

About the Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games are the largest global sporting event for athletes with disabilities and have taken place every four years since the inaugural edition in Rome, Italy, in 1960. In 1976, the first Winter Games were held in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden and featured 198 athletes from 16 countries.

Following the 1988 Games in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and the Winter Games in Albertville, France in 1992, the Paralympic and Olympic Games have been held in the same city. The next Paralympic Games will be held in LA in 2028 followed by Brisbane in 2032. The next winter edition is Milano Cortina 2026 with the French Alps to follow in 2030 and Salt Lake City in 2034.

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About the IPC

About the IPC

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. Founded on 22 September 1989 as a non-profit organisation, we aim to be athlete-centred and membership-focussed in all our endeavours.

Through partnerships with more than 200 member organisations, we leverage Para sport to advance the lives of the 1.2 billion individuals with disabilities across the globe.

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Paralympics history

Paralympics history

Sport for athletes with an impairment has existed for more than 100 years. It was not until after World War II, however, that it was widely introduced. The purpose of it at that time was to assist the large number of war veterans and civilians who had been injured during wartime.

On 29 July 1948, the day of the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948 Olympic Games, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann organised a competition for wheelchair athletes at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Great Britain. Sixteen injured servicemen and women took part in archery at the inaugural Stoke Mandeville Games, which later became the Paralympic Games.

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What is classification?

What is classification?

Classification is the cornerstone of the Paralympic Movement; it determines which athletes are eligible to compete in a sport and how athletes are grouped together for competition. In Para sports, athletes are grouped by the degree of activity limitation resulting from the impairment. This, to a certain extent, is similar to grouping athletes by age, gender or weight.

Classification aims to minimise the impact of the impairment on athletes' performance so that the sporting excellence determines which athlete or team is ultimately victorious. Ensuring that athletes are classified prior to competing is crucial to safeguarding the integrity and credibility of the competition.

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What are the Paralympic sports?

What are the Paralympic sports?

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) recognises a total of 28 Paralympic sports. The 22 summer sports are Para archery, Para athletics, Para badminton, blind football, boccia, Para canoe, Para cycling, Para equestrian, goalball, Para judo, Para powerlifting, Para rowing, shooting Para sport, sitting volleyball, Para swimming, Para table tennis, Para taekwondo, Para triathlon, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby, and wheelchair tennis.

Winter sports include Para alpine skiing, Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing, Para ice hockey, Para snowboard, and wheelchair curling.

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Worldwide Paralympic Partners

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

  • Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
  • Staatskanzlei Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • Freude, Joy, Joie, Bonn