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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

New members of the IPC Athletes Council are introduced during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Ten members met in Bonn to discuss how they can support Para athletes within the Paralympic Movement

Day 6: 2016 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup Vuokatti
Cross-Country Skiing

France’s Benjamin Daviet also secured his first win of the season in Vuokatti, Finland.

Ibrahim Al Hussein - Human Rights Award Spain

The refugee swimmer, who competed as part of the Independent Paralympic Athletes’ Team at Rio 2016, received the award from the Spanish General Council the Bar.

Claudia Loesch
Alpine Skiing

After failing to reach the podiums in the slalom events, home skiers Claudia Loesch and Roman Rabl returned on day two to win the giant slalom.

Jogos Paralimpicos Universitarios
Brazil

The Paralympic Training Centre, in Sao Paulo, staged the event between 9-10 December.

Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair Tennis

The two Paralympic singles gold medallists received the honours following their outstanding performances in 2016.

Day 5: 2016 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup Vuokatti
Cross-Country Skiing

Following up from their sprint wins last Friday (9 December) the trio secured top spot on the podium in the long distance cross-country classic in Vuokatti, Finland.

Anna Schaffelhuber, Germany celebrates her gold medal in the women's super-G
Alpine Skiing

The German world and Paralympic champion showed she is in strong form ahead of January’s World Championships.

Para sport education programmes held in the Americas
Athletics

A total of 43 participants from 10 Latin American countries attended a Para powerlifting referee course and two Para athletics technical officials programmes.

No. 17 Bochet claims 50th World Cup win
Winter Games

The French 11-time world champion won 17 World Cup races in a row in 2015-16, to follow up on her five world titles from 2015.

2016 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport European Championships was held in Kosice, Slovakia.
Para dance sport

The Championships, scheduled for 2018, will attract some of the world’s best dancers.

Dutch rider Chris Vos won the snowboard-cross men’s SB-LL1 at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain
Snowboard

Which other teenage sports star does the Dutch world champion snowboarder like to watch when he’s not competing?

The fourth Youth Parapan American Games will take place in the Brazilian city from 20-25 March 2017.
Brazil

The fourth Youth Parapan American Games will take place in the Brazilian city from 20-25 March.

Celal Coban of Turkey runs with the ball in the men's football 5-a-side during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Blind Football

The competition will take place in Berlin, Germany, between 17-27 August.

Eliezer Gabriel Buenaventura never stopped dreaming - #TeamAgitos - on the Road to Rio
Mexico

The Mexican track and field athlete made his Paralympic debut this year, with the support of the International Paralympic Committee’s development arm.

Para Trap Shooting
Shooting

Several years of research and development has resulted in the inclusion of the shotgun discipline for shooters with a physical impairment.

Eleanor Simmonds - Rio 2016
Rio 2016

Great Britain’s multiple Paralympic and world champion reflected on her third Paralympics and has set new goals.

Asian Paralympic Committee’s General Assembly
Asia

A clear mandate for change was called following the General Assembly; APC Awards winners were also announced.

No. 18 Decades-old swimming records tumble
Rio 2016

The USA’s Bradley Snyder and Ukraine’s Anna Stetsenko both set historic world records at Rio 2016.

Logo of Ecuador Paralympic Committee.
Summer Games

He will serve for another four-year term, leading the organisation in the lead-up to the Lima 2019 Parapan Ams and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.