Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A Para alpine skier and guide make a turn round a gate.

The world’s best skiers will get to test themselves in Italy at the last major event ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Melania Corradini

Giacomo Bertagnolli and Melania Corradini headline the team of seven athletes who will compete at Tarvisio 2017.

Brazil and Argentina fought out a tough 0-0 draw in five-a-side football.

2017 looks busy with all the regional competitions taking place.

Woman in rowing boat on the water

Para rowers will be focusing on the 2017 World Championships later this year.

Zak Madell of Canada in action during the Men's Wheelchair Rugby Bronze Medal match against Japan

The European Division A Championship highlights the 2017 calendar.

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

Ukraine’s Sochi 2014 cross-country silver medallist has not looked back since swapping athletics for Para Nordic skiing.

USA's Danelle and Rob Umstead raise the 2015-16 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup globe for women's slalom visually impaired

The British alpine skier and guide Jen Kehoe are hoping to consolidate their progress.

Agitos

The deadline for applications is 15 March 2017.

Anja Wicker, Germany turning

Germany’s Paralympic biathlon champion Anja Wicker is training hard towards her home World Championships in Finsterau, from 10-19 February.

Upper body of man in wheelchair celebrating with medal around his neck

Paralympic champion Kunz leads the five-strong team at the World Championships in Tarvisio

Martin Fleig of Germany competes at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.

The German secured his first World Cup win in biathlon after two years, in Western Center, Ukraine, on 20 January.

Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games - Alpine Skiing Medal

Forster defeats teammate Schaffelhuber in final competition ahead of World Championships.

Sao Paulo 2017 mascot

The fourth Youth Parapan American Games can now be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Miroslav Haraus

The Slovakian super combined world champion is ready to ‘fight for the best results’ across all five alpine skiing disciplines.

Screen shot from Coach training video

They are aimed at coaches and referees, whilst Heidelberg was selected host city of the 2017 German Judo Open and training camp, from 24-28 February.

Georg Kreiter of Germany competes in Men's Downhill Sitting at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

The German alpine skier has one eye on PyeongChang 2018 as he looks to defend his two World titles.

Lisa Gjessing - Taekwondo

WTF President says 2017 World Championships expected to be the biggest Para taekwondo event to date.

Sao Paulo 2017 mascot

Athletes must be between 15-20 years old, and each NPC can take up to three athletes per category to this year’s Youth Parapan American Games.

Thomas Steiger - Rio 2016

Lahti, Finland, will stage the event from 20-22 January, with goalball teams from nine countries competing in both men’s and women’s tournaments.

Norway's Birgit Skarstein, AS Women's Single Sculls heat, 2015 World Rowing Cup II Varese, Italy

Nine rowers and eight wheelchair basketball players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.