After finishing runners-up at this summer’s European Championships, the free-scoring Dutch team now aim to make it to the Paralympic Games.
Wheelchair Tennis
Kunieda and Kamiji finished the year as World No. 1’s in the men’s and women’s singles but also enjoyed great success in the doubles too.
Alpine Skiing
Nearly half of all gold medallists in para-alpine skiing at Sochi 2014 were under the age of 23, showing the sport has a bright future ahead of it.
France
French President was keen to learn more about the impact and legacy a Paralympic Games can have.
Equestrian
Belgian Ingmar De Vos is the new FEI President whilst Sydney Collier and her service dog Journey picked up the Against All Odds award.
Athletics
London 2012 silver medallist picked up the award after a tremendous 2014 which saw him go undefeated and set a new 200m T44 world record.
Rio 2016
More than 240,000 people applied for 70,000 positions, with strong interest from the USA, Russia, China and Great Britain.
Sierra Leone
Nine people gathered to take part in a workshop, where they began to develop the strategic plan for the country’s National Paralympic Committee.
Alpine Skiing
Skiers have been competing in giant slalom events in Kuhtai, Austria, as they prepare for the 2015 Worlds.
Sochi 2014
Russian Nordic skier Roman Petushkov triumphed an unprecedented six times at his home Paralympic Winter Games at Sochi 2014.
Snowboard
Paralympic bronze medallist Amy Purdy shot to fame in the USA in 2014, creating more awareness for the Paralympic Movement – an achievement marked in the IPC’s Top 50 Moments of 2014.
Wheelchair Fencing
One of the IPC’s first NPCs also awarded a lifetime achievement award to Caz Walton.
Sailing
Paralympic champions Fitzgibbon and Tesch took SKUD18 gold whilst Bugg dominated the 2.4mR class.
Paralympic Movement’s global governing body joins a growing list of sporting bodies backing the initiative
PyeongChang 2018
IPC signs new partnership with Panasonic and extends its partnership with Samsung
Cycling
Cyclists amassed vital ualifying points for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Alpine Skiing
Skiers tackled the slalom on the first day of the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup in Kuhtai, Austria on Friday (19 December).
Equestrian
Team Australia give an insight in to the challenges faced taking part in global para-equestrian competition.
Sitting Volleyball
Against all odds, Brazil won silver at the 2014 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Championships in Elblag, Poland.
Sochi 2014
Japanese sit-skier Takeshi Suzuki won his first Paralympic gold at Sochi 2014, on the anniversary of losing his legs, and will return to the snow at the Europa Cup.