Opportunities, Challenges in Paralympic Sport Science & Sport Medicine Support
20-23 September

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Aerial view of Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio, Brazil, which will host rowing and canoe events during the 2016 Paralympic Games.

Search begins for volunteers to bring the Opening and Closing ceremonies to life

Man in wheelchair throwing a boccia ball

Wheelchair athletes from five nations competed at the Riocentro venue.

Graphic with wheelchair dance couple dancing

IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport has also developed the competition calendar in 2015, a year in which its World Championships were held in Rome, Italy.

Two sledge hockey players chasing after the puck.

Chicago will be one of 20 NHL-affiliated teams taking part in the USA Hockey Sled Classic.

Members of the IPC Governing Board sit at the 2015 IPC General Assembly in Mexico City.

The 2015 IPC Athlete Classification Code was one of a number of motions approved by the IPC Membership.

Two judoka during a competition

In the first World Cup of the year, Uzbekistan made themselves a force to be reckoned with ahead of Rio 2016.

An athlete from the Korean Wheelchair Curling Team celebrates a point on Day 4 of the 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championships

Semi-finals wins at the qualification event in Lohja, Finland, see the two teams progress to the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championships.

Markus Salcher goes down the slope very fast, he seems to lose control

The Austrian Paralympic champion lost his world titles in 2015 but will use the coming World Cup season to made amends.

Goalball scene with one player throwing the ball

Both the men and women’s teams took the European titles, making it the first time both will appear at a Paralympic Games together.

Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) logo

The treat manufacturer will support athletes in their quest to ‘bring on the joy’ at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Anna Schaffelhuber, Alexey Bugaev, Roman Petushkov and the USA Sledge Hockey team

Find out who won the Sport, Media and BP Courage Awards for their work at Sochi 2014.

Logo_International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability (INAS-FID)

The World Tennis Championships will come to the Delaware in June.

Souhad Ghazouani from France wins gold at the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships

The 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships begin on 24 November and will be the biggest European Championships in history.

A picture of a pool

The Norwegian will deputise for Chairperson Jane Blaine and monitor the progress of IPC Swimming’s Strategic Plan.

A swimmer launches off of the starting blocks

Everything went according to plan for the Spanish swimmer, who aims to win her first Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.

Swiss logo

Swiss International Air Lines will support the teams on their way to major sporting events.

Two sailing boats in the water with skyline in the background

The International Federation has honed in this year on developing the sport.

Group of people in wheelchairs celebrating

The top teams in the Americas went into overtime at the BC4 pairs finals in the Parapan American Games.

Alpine skiing Ones to watch 2015/2016 collage

Twenty one Paralympic champions and World Championship medallists have been listed as Ones to Watch for the upcoming season.