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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Rocio Ledesma stands on top of the podium whilst holding the flag from her province.
America

The 18-year-old judoka is hoping to successfully defend her title from Buenos Aires 2013 at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.

Group of sitting volleyball players celebrate after a point.
Goalball

Eight sitting volleyball and six goalball players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

Brazil's player Jefinho in action
Blind Football

Paralympic and world champions Brazil hold first, followed by South American rivals Argentina, China, Spain, Turkey and Iran.

Oleksandra Kononova competing at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
Cross-Country Skiing

The host country’s Para Nordic skiers won two golds, three silvers and four bronzes in Western Center.

Christoph Kunz, Switzerland leans forward to take the gold
Alpine Skiing

The Swiss sit-skier won the super-G at the World Cup in Innerkrems, Austria, beating New Zealand’s world champion Corey Peters.

Veronika Vadovicova celebrates second gold medal win at Rio 2016
Shooting

As one of the most success shooters of the Paralympics, the two time gold medallist’s favorite Rio memories are hardly surprise.

Tarvisio
Alpine Skiing

All speed and technical events at the last major Championships ahead of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will be shown fully live at Paralympic.org.

Yanping Yuan (blue) of China with Alimova Khayitjon of Uzbekistan during the Women +70 kg Judo Gold Medal match on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Judo

Six judoka and eight table tennis players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

Four men in blue jackets show toys
Cross-Country Skiing

The name was selected after a competition on social media.

Portrait picture of a man showing his tongue.
Table Tennis

The German table tennis player won the gold medal in the men’s class 3 singles and also in class 4-5 team events at the US Open.

Christina Schwab USA (centre left) and Rose Hollermann USA (centre right) celebrate their team's victory 62 - 45 over Germany in the Wheelchair Basketball Women's Gold Medal Match
Wheelchair Basketball

NWBA Hall of Famer and Four-time U.S. Paralympian Trooper Johnson Named 2017-2020 U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach.

Collage with 22 sports images
Equestrian

40 track and field and seven equestrian athletes have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

A smiling couple on a black and white picture
Archery

Get to know the story of the first Australian Paralympic champion, who sealed archery gold in the men’s St. Nicholas round open at Rome 1960.

Two men in wheelchairs on a tennis court
Wheelchair Tennis

Serbia’s tennis legend gave the Paralympic sport a try under the guidance of Australia’s Rio 2016 two-time wheelchair tennis champion Dylan Alcott.

Claudia Loesch
Alpine Skiing

After weather conditions forced a change in the schedule, several athletes made it onto two downhill podiums in one day at the World Cup in Innerkrems, Austria.

Female skier looks exhausted on the snow.
Cross-Country Skiing

Western Center will host the last World Cup before the Finsterau 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, from 13-20 January.

Ukraine's Ihor Reptyukh was successful in the men's long distance biathlon standing at Cable 2015.
Cross-Country Skiing

The Ukrainian biathlon Individual world champion hopes home advantage will count at the Western Center World Cup.

Oleksandra Kononova of Ukraine
Cross-Country Skiing

The multiple world champion Nordic skier relishes her home World Cup debut and looks to the World Championships.

Ricardinho BRA moves onto the attack
Wheelchair Tennis

Seven football five and 11 wheelchair tennis players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

Mike Minor
Snowboard

Find out what the USA’s banked slalom World Cup champion does when he is not competing.