German T44 long jumper Markus Rehm beat able-bodied athletes to become German national champion and set a new para-athletics world record.
America
Rio 2016
British wheelchair racing ace is hoping to win the 100m, 200m and 800m T34 at October’s World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Table Tennis
Six athletes and one coach from para-table tennis have been shortlisted for the awards which will be presented on 7 January 2015
Wheelchair Curling
The event will be one of four major events Scotland will stage between 2016 and 2020.
Football 7-a-side
After finishing runners-up at this summer’s European Championships, the free-scoring Dutch team now aim to make it to the Paralympic Games.
Wheelchair Tennis
Kunieda and Kamiji finished the year as World No. 1’s in the men’s and women’s singles but also enjoyed great success in the doubles too.
Alpine Skiing
Nearly half of all gold medallists in para-alpine skiing at Sochi 2014 were under the age of 23, showing the sport has a bright future ahead of it.
Equestrian
Belgian Ingmar De Vos is the new FEI President whilst Sydney Collier and her service dog Journey picked up the Against All Odds award.
France
French President was keen to learn more about the impact and legacy a Paralympic Games can have.
Athletics
London 2012 silver medallist picked up the award after a tremendous 2014 which saw him go undefeated and set a new 200m T44 world record.
Rio 2016
More than 240,000 people applied for 70,000 positions, with strong interest from the USA, Russia, China and Great Britain.
Sierra Leone
Nine people gathered to take part in a workshop, where they began to develop the strategic plan for the country’s National Paralympic Committee.
Alpine Skiing
Skiers have been competing in giant slalom events in Kuhtai, Austria, as they prepare for the 2015 Worlds.
Sochi 2014
Russian Nordic skier Roman Petushkov triumphed an unprecedented six times at his home Paralympic Winter Games at Sochi 2014.
Snowboard
Paralympic bronze medallist Amy Purdy shot to fame in the USA in 2014, creating more awareness for the Paralympic Movement – an achievement marked in the IPC’s Top 50 Moments of 2014.
Wheelchair Fencing
One of the IPC’s first NPCs also awarded a lifetime achievement award to Caz Walton.
Paralympic Movement’s global governing body joins a growing list of sporting bodies backing the initiative
Sailing
Paralympic champions Fitzgibbon and Tesch took SKUD18 gold whilst Bugg dominated the 2.4mR class.
PyeongChang 2018
IPC signs new partnership with Panasonic and extends its partnership with Samsung