PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Closing Ceremony Vancouver 2010

IPC members and the public can now nominate male and female winter athletes and coaches for the Paralympic Hall of Fame.

#IPCTop50: No 49 - Gideon the Amphibian Namibian makes history at IPC Swimming World Championships

Gideon Nasilowski – dubbed the Amphibian Namibian – has entered into the International Paralympic Committee’s Top 50 Moments of 2013 after becoming the first Namibian swimmer to enter a World Championships.

Melissa Tapper

Melissa Tapper, James Kwon and Nathan Pellissier all won their singles events at the 2013 ITTF Oceania Regional Para-Table Tennis Championships.

Nely Miranda

World Champion swimmer wins 2013 National Sport Award in Paralympic category.

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The world’s No. 2 wheelchair tennis quads player is competing against able-bodied athletes for the top sports award in South Africa.

Joann Formosa

Joann Formosa has been competing for Australia’s national para-dressage team since 2006.

Timur Tuchinov

Russian archer Timur Tuchinov had won individual European and Paralympic gold, but in 2013 he finally took the top podium spot at the World Championships.

A picture of women celebrating their victory

Top teams from the region will vie for spots at the 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships.

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Yui Kamiji, Shingo Kunieda and David Wagner all reigned supreme on the final day of the 2013 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters.

Hannah Cockroft 100m T34 Lyon

198 medal events to be played out across six days of action at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea, Wales.