Venezuelan reigning double Parapan American swimming champion Alberto Vera Moran has put a difficult 2014 behind him and has four gold medals in his sights for August.
Wheelchair Curling
China, Finland, Russia and Sweden also win their first games of the Championship in Lohja, Finland.
Wheelchair Rugby
In six months’ time the Parapan American Games will kick off in Toronto, and home favourite Zak Madell could be one of the stars
Summer Sports
To mark six months to go until the 2015 Parapan American Games, here are six athletes to keep an eye out for when the action begins in August.
Para Ice Hockey
Sochi silver medallists Russia will face the USA after beating Canada in the semi-finals, whilst the USA took an 8-0 win over South Korea.
Table Tennis
The Croatian world number one class six player has had two years to remember on the para-table-tennis circuit.
Wheelchair Rugby
New four-year plan will guide the growth and development of wheelchair rugby.
The Talent Days are aimed at youths between 11 and 18 with a prosthesis who want to try out para-athletics.
Wheelchair Rugby
The wheelchair rugby teams of Italy and Ireland will face each other just before the RBS Six Nations match between both countries on 7 February.
Swimming
One of New Zealand’s most successful swimmers, Sophie Pascoe will have to fight off rivals Elodie Lorandi and Canada’s Aurelie Rivard at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.
The National Paralympic Committee has been bringing together representatives from all islands to identify new athletes and have organised a national Championships.
Snowboard
Austrian rider Patrick Mayrhofer has set his sights on a medal in the new discipline of banked slalom as well as snowboard-cross.
Alpine Skiing
It was Groundhog Day in St Moritz as Marcoux, Bugaev, Bochet, Umstead and Schaffelhuber all secured slalom World Cup Finals wins.
Wheelchair Curling
Paralympic and world champions Canada are looking to add a fourth title to their collection.
PyeongChang 2018
IPC CEO asks PyeongChang to “start putting plans into action” as it approaches three years to go until the next Paralympic Winter Games.
VISTA
VISTA 2017 will be the first major gathering of international experts in Paralympic sport following the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Para Ice Hockey
Russia also took victory over South Korea at the 2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Leduc, Canada.
Sitting Volleyball
New site can be found at www.worldparavolley.org
Wheelchair Curling
It will be the fourth time the event has been held in Switzerland since 2002.
After this year's Super Bowl featured two adverts starring people with an impairment, the IPC's Director of Media and Communications, asks if a new trend is emerging.
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