PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Logo of the Agitos Foundation

Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines will take part in the Agitos Foundation’s Organisational Capacity Programme.

Logo Swiss Paralympic Committee

The Swiss travel agent changes its sponsor status and becomes Swiss Paralympic Supplier on 1 January 2017.

Jon Santacana

French teenager Arthur Bauchet also took the win in the men’s giant slalom standing on an impressive World Cup debut.

Man plays table tennis

Wheelchair racer Peter Genyn was also awarded the "Vlaamse Sportjuweel".

No. 13 Channel 4 create the best TV advert ever for Rio 2016

“We’re The Superhumans” featured 160 people with an impairment and has won multiple awards.

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The newly appointed President succeeds James Torres and will lead the organisation in the lead-up to the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Swiss Paralympic Committee

Swiss soft drink producer Rivella changes its sponsor status and becomes Swiss Paralympic Supplier

No 14 19th time lucky for Hug

The Swiss Silver Bullet cemented his place amongst the greatest wheelchair racers of all time by finally winning the Paralympic gold that had eluded him for so long.

A female trainer coaches blind players in Vienna, Austria.

It will consist of a training camp and a tournament, and will take place in Vienna, Austria, from 3-7 May 2017.

Skier and his guide on a slope

Australia’s Mitchell Gourley also won his first World Cup race since 2013 in Kuhtai, Austria.