Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics/Paralympics

Welcome to the Paralympics Task Force, a task force working under WikiProject Olympics to organize, expand, clean up, and improve articles related to the Paralympic Games. If you would like to participate, you can start by joining the project below and/or contribute to the discussion on the talk page. To indicate that an article falls within the scope of this task force, please add "|Paralympics=yes" to the {{WikiProject Olympics}} talk page template. For example, {{WikiProject Olympics|Paralympics=yes}}. This will automatically place it into Category:Paralympics task force articles. Taskforce news October 27: Event results for the 2004 Summer Paralympics completed by Keith Edkins. A lot of detail is no longer available online for these games. 12: Event results for the 2006 Winter Paralympics completed by Keith Edkins. 6: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's team – Class 6–10, last of 261 outstanding 2008 events, created by Keith Edkins. Believed 2008 is now complete. Also uploaded four missing 2012 Wheelchair fencing events September 20: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley SM13, believed at the time to be the last outstanding 2012 event, created by Keith Edkins 1: Summer Mortimer created by Zanimum August 30: Lorraine Dodd, Leroi Court, Lachlan Jones, Jamie Romaguera, John Lindsay (athletics) and Darren Thrupp created by LauraHale 29: Ali Mohammad Yari, Reginald Benade, Roman Musil, Martin Zvolánek, Atsushi Yamamoto, Ivan Kytsenko and Zeynidin Bilalov created by Waacstats 27: Leonardo Diaz (Paralympian), Drazenko Mitrovic, Mehrdad Karam Zadeh, Mykola Zhabnyak, Joze Flere, Sebastian Baldassarri, Tanto Campbell and Toshi Ol created by Waacstats 26: Sharon Rackham created by John Vandenberg 25: Bill Mather-Brown, Bruno Moretti (table tennis), Daphne Ceeney, Ross Sutton, Elaine Schreiber, Marion O'Brien, Allan McLucas, Elizabeth Edmondson, Michael Dow, Trevor French, Roy Fowler and Gary Leslie Hooper created by LauraHale; Vladimir Zayets created by Waacstats 23: 74 articles created by LauraHale 21: Gao Changlong, Mohamed Krid, Rostislav Pohlmann, Javad Hardani, Nicholas Newman (athlete) and Jean-Pierre Talatini created by Waacstats 20: Mohammad Reza Mirzaei, Faouzi Rzig, Zhu Pengkai, Mahmoud Ramadan Ellatar, Abdolreza Jokar, Evengy Gudkov, Zhang Xuelong, Yaser Abdelaziz El Sayed, Oleksandr Iasynovyi and Jan Vaněk created by Waacstats 16: London Prepares series created by user:Globalwheels 12 August: Amanda Fraser (created by Waacstats; expanded by Steven Zhang) 25 July: Priya Cooper and Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics [1][2] 20 July: 70 images of the 1996 Paralympics have been uploaded to commons:Category:Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics by user:Tony.naar 13 July: 1972 Summer Paralympics medal table was promoted as a featured list 17 June: Simon Laurens (created by user:Basement12) 6 June: 1968 Summer Paralympics medal table was promoted as a featured list; 2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships was created by user:Bib 6 May: Great Britain at the 1992 Winter Paralympics was promoted as a good article. Participants Join the project! To indicate your participation in this task force, below: View the list of members WikiEdits2003 (talk · contribs) Aridd (talk · contribs) (I'm adding myself here because I've started and/or edited quite a number of articles related to the Paralympic Games. I'll continue to do so if and when I have time, although I can't fully commit to it. But this task force is a very good idea.) Basement12 (talk · contribs) Bib (talk · contribs) Black Orchid (talk · contribs) Doh5678 (talk · contribs) Wingardium23 (talk · contribs) Ferraridude100 (talk · contribs) I have added myself because I have edited many pages and articles related to the Paralympics. I will continue to do so (same as Aridd) on my spare time. Fmountford (talk · contribs) Huge Olympics and paralympics fan, i intend to contribute broadly where i can. H1nkles citius altius fortius (talk · contribs) I'm working on the Paralympic Games as part of a larger goal of a Featured Topic on the Olympic Games. jwillbur (talk · contribs) Phoenix (talk · contribs) thanks for the invite RG104 (talk · contribs) Roger (talk · contribs) Yboy83 (talk · contribs) waacstats (talk · contribs) Rohith goura (talk · contribs) Leighblackall (talk · contribs) I'm working with the Australian Paralympic Committee, where they want to assist the Wikipedia volunteers in their coverage of Australia at the Paralympics. Please see our project space on Wikiversity for more info. See you all soon. FingersLily (talk · contribs) I'm new to all this but I am willing to help out in any way I can. I am passionate about all sport & have a particular interest in Paralympics. Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) John Vandenberg (talk · contribs) Swimmer 1964 (talk · contribs) Senator2029 (talk · contribs) Working on assessments, cleanup, standardization, etc. Keith Edkins (talk · contribs) Ready to create results pages for 2012. Lucky102 (talk · contribs) I want to help this project because I like updating paralympic articles. Melissa Carlton (talk · contribs) Stigni (talk · contribs) Psgola (talk · contribs) I basically edit the United States Paralympic 2012 page Zanimum (talk · contribs) Kasper2006 (talk · contribs) Justie19 (talk · contribs) I'll help with anything asked of me Wesley Mouse (talk · contribs) Kwokng (talk · contribs) Specialist knowledge of sitting volleyball Raymarcbadz (talk · contribs) I am more solely responsible on the nation pages with correct results, proper MoS format, documentation if necessary, and updated list of athletes and their results. I am willing to help out this project because of my particular interest to the Summer Olympics. Sportygeek (talk · contribs) I've edited a number of articles related to the Paralympics, some under my name, some under IP before I got an account. Specialist knowledge of paratriathlon, which has been included in the program for Rio. Lassirena6 (talk · contribs) I'm a Filipino Paralympic sailor who competed in the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, Sailing was held in Qingdao. So I have insider knowledge of Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and specialist knowledge of rifle events under Paralympic Shooting. Mishae (talk · contribs) I'm a Russian disabled individual who used to play adaptive association football, floor hockey, and softball for Robinsdale Robins, a school sponsored Olympics in which I won 2 bronze, 2 silver, and 1 gold. My job in this project is to write more articles on Russian, Ukrainian, and American disabled athletes who took part in sitting volleyball, swimming, or cycling events. I do however often do the other nations too.:) LAHetherington (talk · contribs)My interest is in updating Canadian Paralympic athlete articles, particularly in Alpine skiing TheQ Editor (talk · contribs)Working to creating more Paralympic Athlete PAges. Mpjmcevoybeta (talk · contribs) Bidgee (talk · contribs) Matt294069 (talk · contribs)Adding all of the results from wheelchair basketball Nimrodbr (talk · contribs) Cojote (talk · contribs) Abishe (talk · contribs) Dcharma (talk · contribs) MWright96 (talk · contribs) SarahTHunter (talk · contribs) Tony.naar (talk · contribs) I am the facilitator of the Australian Paralympic History Project. The project has seen the creation of 1K+ articles, most by people in the above list. We have made more than 3K photos available through Creative Commons. We also have a website which links to the Wikipedia articles - [Paralympic Stories|https://paralympichistory.org.au/]. Cardeville (talk · contribs) I've contributed a few pages and edits relating to Para sport, especially relating to New Zealand Paralympians. Keen to do more when I have time. Madspalmer (talk · contribs) Groetjes, Peter (talk · contribs) My focus is on the 1980 Summer Games in Arnhem, the Netherlands. RavenRTC (talk · contribs) Feel free to add the template {{User WikiProject Paralympics}} to your user space if you are a member of the Paralympics Task Force: This user is a participant in the Paralympics Task Force.

WikiProject Olympics' Paralympics Task Force Project Information Portal: Paralympics Portal Banner: {{WikiProject Olympics}} Userbox: {{User WikiProject Paralympics}} Project stubs: {{Paralympics-stub}} Category: Category:Paralympic Games Core article: Paralympic Games

To do list A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Mpjmcevoybeta (talk · contribs) Red links - articles needed Create various Sports at the 2012 Summer Paralympics articles Add results for the earliest Paralympic Games. The IPC website paralympic.org does not have all the results in their database, so additional sources are needed

Guidelines

• Good articles: For style guidelines recommended by the WikiProject Olympics, see Manual of Style
  • See also the International Paralympic Committee's media information on appropriate words and phrases: Guidelines Reporting on Disability (2008) (.pdf-file), and IPC Style Guide (2009) (.pdf-file).

• Featured articles: See Wikipedia's featured article criteria

• It is encouraged to nominate articles for Did you know... (DYK), which is featured on Wikipedia's Main Page. For previous Paralympics DYKs, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics/Paralympics/Did you know.
  • DYK is for new articles that have been created within the last 7 days, or articles expanded fivefold or more within the last 7 days
  • There has to be at least 1,500 characters of prose. (See DYKcheck, and Using DYKcheck without installing it)

Recent work Recent changes Recent changes in various articles within the scope of this project (not comprehensive): Recent changes in articles related to the Paralympic Games New articles Recently created Paralympics-related articles can be found at WikiProject Olympics/Paralympics/New articles. The articles have been identified by InceptionBot as potentially being within the scope of the project. (Quick link)

State of Paralympics related articles

Popular pages

For the most viewed Paralympics related articles, see Popular pages. Updated by the Mr.Z-bot on the 1st of each month.

For a blend of both Paralympics and Olympics related popular pages, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics/Popular pages.

Statistics

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WikiProject Olympics/Paralympics  articles by quality     

FA	A	GA	B	C	Start	Stub	FL	List	Category	Disambig	Draft	File	Portal	Project	Redirect	Template	NA	???	Total
2	1	151	63	374	2,472	7,960	5	426	2,710	5	3	28	0	7	205	416	12	285	15,125

Recognized content

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Recognized content

Featured articles Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Former featured articles Vancouver Featured lists 1968 Summer Paralympics medal table 1972 Summer Paralympics medal table 2000 Summer Paralympics medal table 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table 2010 Winter Paralympics medal table A-Class articles Matt Stutzman Good articles 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games 2011–12 Australia women's national goalball team 2012 Summer Paralympics Afghanistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Andorra at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Armenia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Aruba at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Australia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Joany Badenhorst Angie Ballard Belgium at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Jennifer Blow Andy Bor Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Botswana at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Brazil at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Annabel Breuer Annegret Brießmann Burkina Faso at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Matt Byrne Terry Bywater Luke Cain Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Cape Verde at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Amanda Carter Chile at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Kayla Clarke Ellie Cole Priya Cooper Cobi Crispin Cyprus at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Leanne Del Toso Denmark at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Britt Dillmann Djibouti at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Hannah Dodd El Salvador at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Maddison Elliott Nicole Esdaile Jade Etherington Faroe Islands at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Faroe Islands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Heike Friedrich (wheelchair basketball) Jessica Gallagher Kylie Gauci Christian Geiger Holger Glinicki Mitchell Gourley Steve Graham Great Britain at the 1992 Winter Paralympics Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Greece at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Guatemala at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Haiti at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Rachel Henderson Brian Hill (swimmer) Katie Hill (basketball) Honduras at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Meica Horsburgh Iceland at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Iran at the 2014 Winter Paralympics David Jacobs (table tennis) Toby Kane Bridie Kean Georgina Kenaghan Millie Knight Maria Kühn Lesotho at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Josiane Lima Maya Lindholm London Macau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Macau at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Madagascar at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Malawi at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Malta at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Malta at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Malta at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Mac Marcoux Shelley Matheson Mauritius at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Marty Mayberry John McFall (athlete) Tina McKenzie Mechanics of Oscar Pistorius's running blades Amber Merritt Mexico at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Mareike Miller Trent Milton Marina Mohnen Moldova at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Mongolia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Montenegro at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Summer Mortimer Mozambique at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Edina Müller Nepal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Netherlands at the 2014 Winter Paralympics New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Nicaragua at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Clare Nott Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy Pakistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Palestine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Panama at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Para-snowboarding classification Para-swimming classification Paralympic Games Victoria Pendergast Melissa Perrine Oscar Pistorius Jon Pollock Cameron Rahles-Rahbula Republic of the Congo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Romania at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Michelle Rzepecki Gesche Schünemann Senegal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Serbia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Seychelles at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Sierra Leone at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Slovenia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Solomon Islands at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Somalia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics South Africa at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Mark Soyer Sarah Stewart (basketball) Suriname at the 2016 Summer Paralympics São Tomé and Príncipe at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Tajikistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Laurentia Tan Tyan Taylor The Gambia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Togo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics John Triscari Ben Tudhope Turkey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Uganda at the 2016 Summer Paralympics United States at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Uzbekistan at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Teigan Van Roosmalen Sarah Vinci Virgin Islands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Johanna Welin Winter Paralympic Games Yip Pin Xiu Annika Zeyen Former good articles B1 (classification) B2 (classification) B3 (classification) Theresa Goh LW1 (classification) LW2 (classification) LW3 (classification) LW4 (classification) LW5/7 LW6/8 LW9 LW10 LW11 LW12 London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics Para-Nordic skiing classification Para-alpine skiing Para-alpine skiing classification Walter Wu Did you know? articles 1964 Summer Paralympics medal table 1968 Summer Paralympics medal table 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games 1972 Summer Paralympics medal table 2011–12 Australia women's national goalball team 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes 2012 Summer Paralympics 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship Marni Abbott-Peter Alicia Aberley Ola Abidogun Adolfo Acosta Ashley Adams Julianne Adams Tom Aggar Elaine Allard Joshua Allison Aron Anderson Patrick Anderson (wheelchair basketball) Tim Antalfy Argentina at the 1960 Summer Paralympics Argentina at the 1964 Summer Paralympics Aruba at the Paralympics Marathons at the Paralympics Michael Auprince Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Félix Aznar B4 (classification) Joany Badenhorst Issy Bailey Caroline Baird Natasha Baker Angie Ballard Michael Barredo Jordanna Bartlett Farman Basha Hilmi Esat Bayındırlı Will Bayley Carlee Beattie Emily Beecroft Georgia Beikoff Gavin Bellis Eric Bickerton Jannik Blair Fabian Blattman Jennifer Blow Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Team BC1–2 Andrés Boira Chris Bond (wheelchair rugby) Boosting (doping) Emma Booth (equestrian) Andy Bor Damien Bowen Grace Bowman (equestrian) Mahmut Bozteke Sam Bramham Brazil at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Mick Brennan (alpine skier) Annabel Breuer Annegret Brießmann James Brown (cyclist) Paul Browne (archer) Shona Brownlee Carmen Brussig Ramona Brussig Gwen Buck Alexey Bugaev Matthew Bugg Brendan Burkett Burkina Faso at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Richard Burt (skier) Matt Byrne Terry Bywater Alfonso Cabello Luke Cain Kenneth Cairns Heath Calhoun Matthew Cameron Duncan Campbell (inventor) Nathalie Carpanedo Sophie Carrigill Amanda Carter Kelly Cartwright Daniel Caverzaschi Cheating at the Paralympic Games Gaz Choudhry Sophie Christiansen Stephen Churm Kayla Clarke Mel Clarke Kortney Clemons Deanna Coates Anna Cohí Mark Colbourne Gabriel Cole (athlete) Gemma Collis-McCann Amy Conroy Priya Cooper Pedro Cordero (boccia) Taylor Corry Deborah Criddle James Crisp Cobi Crispin Irene Cuesta Shannon Dallas Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth Ricardo de Pedraza Adam Deans Leanne Del Toso Derek Derenalagi Daniela Di Toro Ibrahima Diallo (Paralympic footballer) Daniel Dias Gaudelia Díaz Anne Dickins Britt Dillmann Disabled sports in Spain Russell Docker Hannah Dodd Rachael Dodds Melanie Domaschenz Brendan Dowler Katherine Downie Jeremy Doyle Jean Driscoll Sandy Dukat Anne Dunham Abby Dunkin Mellissa Dunn Hans-Peter Durst Michael Edgson Elizabeth Edmondson Graham Edmunds Richard Eliason Jodi Elkington-Jones Nazim Erdem Nicole Esdaile Óscar Espallargas Jade Etherington Ethiopia at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Ben Ettridge Justin Eveson Karen Farrell Abebe Fekadu Arnau Ferrer Peter Finbow Megan Fisher Daniel Fitzgibbon Anna-Lena Forster Jonathan Fox (swimmer) Amanda Fraser Heather Frederiksen Helen Freeman (basketball) Tim Frick Heike Friedrich (wheelchair basketball) Laura Fürst Miguel Galindo Garcés Jessica Gallagher Kelly Gallagher (alpine skier) Carme García Darren Gardiner Manuel Garnica Roldán Kylie Gauci Holger Glinicki Theresa Goh Diana Golden (skier) Said Gomez Gabriel Gorce Mitchell Gourley Edmilsa Governo Great Britain at the 1992 Winter Paralympics Great Britain at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Anna Grimaldi Kyrra Grunnsund Guinea-Bissau at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Matthew Haanappel Joy Haizelden David Hall (Australian tennis) Jon Hall (basketball) Judith Hamer Jonathan Harris (sailor) Andrew Harrison (wheelchair rugby) Katrina Hart Michael Hartnett (basketball) Achmat Hassiem Melanie Hawtin Rachel Henderson Gerry Hewson Suzanna Hext Dan Highcock Brian Hill (swimmer) Katie Hill (basketball) Yen Hoang Todd Hodgetts Rose Hollermann Ramón Homs Erik Horrie Meica Horsburgh Josh Hose Marcel Hug Ireland at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Ireland at the Paralympics Israel at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Alia Issa Simon Jackson (judoka) David Jacobs (table tennis) Stephanie Jallen Abdi Jama Jamaica at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Madison Janssen Japan at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Sharon Jarvis Bernd Jeffré Liz Johnson (swimmer) Jenna Jones Marayke Jonkers Rebecca Julian Jacqui Kapinowski Abbas Karimi Bridie Kean Adam Kellerman Ahmed Kelly Georgina Kenaghan Mike Kenny (swimmer) Sandra Khumalo Tofiri Kibuuka Mitchell Kilduff Tom Killin Dedeline Mibamba Kimbata Nyree Kindred Sascha Kindred Adam Kingsmill Chris Klebl Millie Knight Oleksandra Kononova Marge Kõrkjas Jon Kreamelmeyer Simone Kues Maria Kühn Sharad Kumar (athlete) LW5/7 Jake Lappin Andy Lapthorne Simon Laurens Keren Leibovitch Kara Leo Karni Liddell Josiane Lima Rosemary Little Jaume Llambi Robyn Love Helena Lucas Edward Maalouf Hamish MacDonald (athlete) Angela Madsen Nathan Maguire Janel Manns Mac Marcoux José Manuel Marín Roberto Marson Antonio Jesús Martín Lisa Martin (equestrian) Oksana Masters Shelley Matheson Marty Mayberry Patrick Mayrhofer Chelsea McClammer Jeremy McClure Rheed McCracken John McFall (athlete) Janet McLachlan Matthew McShane Kevin McIntosh Cody Meakin Mechanics of Oscar Pistorius's running blades Menggenjimisu Amber Merritt Mexico at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Daniel Michel Mareike Miller Stephanie Millward Trent Milton Barak Mizrachi Marina Mohnen Charlotte Moore (wheelchair basketball) John Morgan (swimmer) Rachel Morris (cyclist) Katie Morrow Summer Mortimer Edina Müller Carl Murphy (snowboarder) Zahra Nemati Brad Ness Netherlands at the 2014 Winter Paralympics New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Ben Newton (wheelchair rugby) Agus Ngaimin Ni Nengah Widiasih Gustavo Nieves Peter Norfolk Shaun Norris Clare Nott Isatou Nyang Evan O'Hanlon Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy Tom O'Neill-Thorne Rob Oakley (equestrian) Lola Ochoa Thomas Oelsner Ade Orogbemi Ottobock Our Greatest Team Parade Outrigger ski Esther Overton Para-alpine skiing Paraguay at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic symbols Katy Parrish Simon Patmore Teresa Perales Melissa Perrine Owen Pick Aaron Pike (athlete) Roman Polianskyi Jon Pollock Kristy Pond Frank Ponta Úrsula Pueyo Branka Pupovac Alison Quinn Cameron Rahles-Rahbula Helene Raynsford Scott Reardon Casey Redford Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Shirley Reilly Eugene Reimer Pam Relph Aaron Rhind Rhodesia and Nyasaland at the 1960 Summer Paralympics Rhodesia at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Simon Richardson (Welsh cyclist) Naomi Riches Helene Ripa Valerie Robertson Aline Rocha Susie Rodgers Guillermo Rodríguez González Maximiliano Óscar Rodríguez Sebastián Rodríguez Veloso James Roe (rower) Michael Roeger Lauren Rowles Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Shawn Russell Marit Ruth Michelle Rzepecki Troy Sachs Ian Sagar Alexi Salamone Darda Sales Jon Santacana Maiztegui Brian Santos Nick Scandone Anna Schaffelhuber Gesche Schünemann Stephanie Schweitzer Matt Sealy Matthew Silcocks Teresa Silva Martin Sinclair (footballer) Rajinder Singh Rahelu Lango Sinkamba Miro Sipek Talan Skeels-Piggins Matt Skelhon David Smith (rower) Ben Sneesby Brad Snyder (swimmer) So Wa-wai Andy Soule South Africa at the 1968 Summer Paralympics South Africa at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Vanessa Cristina de Souza Mark Soyer Spain at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind Spanish Paralympic Committee Robert Steadward Ron Stein Sarah Stewart (basketball) Brett Stibners Matthew Stockford Barney Storey Jeroen Straathof Alberto Suárez Laso Aleix Suñé Robin Surgeoner Lindsay Sutton Sweden at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Jack Swift Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S7 Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle S7 Switzerland at the 1960 Summer Paralympics Pál Szekeres Laurentia Tan Melissa Tapper Nick Taylor (basketball) Tommy Taylor (athlete) Tyan Taylor Liesl Tesch Damien Thomlinson Madeleine Thompson Franček Gorazd Tiršek Tonga at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Tony Sainsbury John Triscari Ben Tudhope Turkey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Helen Turner (basketball) Anna Turney Miranda Uhl Katie Umback United Arab Emirates at the Paralympics United States at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Uzbekistan at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Teigan Van Roosmalen Lily van den Broecke Sharon Vennard Sjerstin Vermeulen Irene Villa Sarah Vinci David Wagner (tennis) Matt Walker (swimmer) Erinn Walters Caz Walton We're the Superhumans Ben Weekes Robbi Weldon Johanna Welin Sophie Wells Jonathan Wentz Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Laurence Whiteley James Whitley (alpine skier) Emma Wiggs Annabelle Williams Laurie Williams (wheelchair basketball) Peter Williams (alpine skier) Georgia Wilson (equestrian) Winter Paralympic Games Karolina Wisniewska Elizabeth Wright (swimmer) Walter Wu Yip Pin Xiu Arinn Young Alejandro Zarzuela Annika Zeyen Trischa Zorn Cameron de Burgh Diede de Groot Evelyn van Leeuwen In the News articles 2008 Summer Paralympics 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony 2014 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony 2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony 2018 Winter Paralympics 2020 Summer Paralympics 2022 Winter Paralympics 2024 Summer Paralympics Jan Cameron (coach) Kevin Coombs Bahman Golbarnezhad Angela Madsen Margaret Maughan Josephine Medina Bibian Mentel Kieran Modra 2010 Winter Paralympics 2026 Winter Paralympics Picture of the day pictures 140611 - Jeremy Doyle - 3a - 2012 Team processing Featured pictures 140611 - Jeremy Doyle - 3a - 2012 Team processing

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Images Please find images at Wikimedia Commons and add them directly to Paralympics related articles. You can find Paralympics related images at Commons:Category:Paralympic Games, or use the Commons Search engine. All images on Wikimedia Commons are free. The Paralympic symbol. Example Add an image from Commons to the article. Example: The code [[File:IPC logo (2004-2019).svg|thumb|100px|right|The [[Paralympic symbol]]. Example]] will show the image like the example with the Paralympic symbol. (For a more detailed description of the code, see Wikipedia:Extended image syntax). The picture used is IPC logo (2004-2019).svg. Change the size of the image by changing 100px to the size you want. See also: Wikipedia:Image use policy. Free image resources Resources for free images that can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. If you don't have an account on Commons, or you don't quite know how to upload the image, you can ask for help on the talk page. Pictures you've taken yourself Example on Commons The official web site of the U.S. Air Force Example on Commons Flickr, even though it also contains non-free photos, it has a special section for free pictures tagged with a Creative Commons license. For example: BY - search for images with an Attribution License (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license). Example on Commons BY-SA - search for images with an Attribution-ShareAlike License (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license). Example on Commons Search engine for both BY and BY-SA licensed pictures Kremlin.ru (Official Website of President of the Russian Federation) - All materials (fotos, texts, videos, audios, etc.) licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY 3.0 Unported), see template on Wikimedia Commons and letter of authorisation from the Press Secretary allowing use of Kremlin.ru materials. kremlin.ru Search engine The Russian word for Paralympics is Паралимпийские Example on Commons

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Paralympic Games
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Lima Celebrated 2019	Jakarta Celebrated 2018	Gold Coast Celebrated 2018