“We’re The Superhumans” featured 160 people with an impairment and has won multiple awards.
Puerto Rico
The newly appointed President succeeds James Torres and will lead the organisation in the lead-up to the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Switzerland
Swiss soft drink producer Rivella changes its sponsor status and becomes Swiss Paralympic Supplier
Rio 2016
The Swiss Silver Bullet cemented his place amongst the greatest wheelchair racers of all time by finally winning the Paralympic gold that had eluded him for so long.
Blind Football
It will consist of a training camp and a tournament, and will take place in Vienna, Austria, from 3-7 May 2017.
Alpine Skiing
Australia’s Mitchell Gourley also won his first World Cup race since 2013 in Kuhtai, Austria.
Wheelchair Fencing
The Italian wheelchair fencer won 11 consecutive titles before securing gold on her Paralympic debut.
Ireland
Paralympics Ireland, in partnership with Mondelez International, announced they will host the event at the National Indoor Arena on the National Sports Campus in Dublin.
Athletics
The Cuban sprinter won the women’s 100m, 200m and 400m T12 golds at Rio 2016, setting two world and one Paralympic record along the way.
Great Britain
The organisation has been named “International Paralympic Federation of the Year” in winning the Corporate Sports Creativity award for 2016.
Ten members met in Bonn to discuss how they can support Para athletes within the Paralympic Movement
Cross-Country Skiing
France’s Benjamin Daviet also secured his first win of the season in Vuokatti, Finland.
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.
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.
Brazil
The Paralympic Training Centre, in Sao Paulo, staged the event between 9-10 December.
Wheelchair Tennis
The two Paralympic singles gold medallists received the honours following their outstanding performances in 2016.
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.
Alpine Skiing
The German world and Paralympic champion showed she is in strong form ahead of January’s World Championships.
Athletics
A total of 43 participants from 10 Latin American countries attended a Para powerlifting referee course and two Para athletics technical officials programmes.
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.