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Georgia At The Paralympics
Georgia made its Paralympic Games début at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, sending a single representative to compete in powerlifting. The country's NPC was not established until 2003. Medals Medals by Summer Games Medals by Winter Games Medals by Summer Sport Medals by Winter Sport Medalists Full results for Georgia at the Paralympics See also * Georgia at the Olympics Georgia first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then. Previously, Georgian athletes competed as part of the Soviet Unio ... References {{Paralympic-nation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Paralympic Committee
Georgian Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee in Georgia for the Paralympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Georgian competitors to Paralympic events organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Shalva Maisuradze is the organization's president. Irma Khetsuriani, a member of the Georgian national wheelchair fencing team, works for the Georgian Paralympic Committee as an office manager. The country's NPC was established in 2003. The country would first send competitors to the Paralympic Games in 2008. David Maisuradze was in charge of the organization from 2003 to 2011. In 2011, the organization approved a new charter and Levan Odisharia became the new president. In 2013, the NPC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Georgian Ministry of Defence, with the goal of integrating wounded soldiers into the country's Paralympic programs. In 2014, Kenyan wheelchair track and fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Summer Paralympics
)( es, Deporte Sin Límites) , nations = 82 (BCN)75 (MAD) , athletes = 3,020 (BCN)1,600 (MAD) , opened_by = Queen Sofía , opening = 3 September (BCN)15 September (MAD) , closing = 14 September (BCN)22 September (MAD) , events = 487 in 15 sports (BCN)68 in 5 sports (MAD) , cauldron = Antonio Rebollo (BCN)Coral Bistuer (MAD) , stadium = Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc (BCN)Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (MAD) , summer_prev = Seoul 1988 , summer_next = Atlanta 1996 , winter_prev = Tignes/Albertville 1992 , winter_next = Lillehammer 1994 The 1992 Summer Paralympics ( es, Juegos Paralímpicos de Verano de 1992; ca, Jocs Paralímpics d'estiu de 1992) were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In addition, the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap were held immediately after the regular Paralympics in the Spanish capital, Madrid. Host city selection Barcelona is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia At The 2020 Summer Paralympics ...
Georgia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Medalists Competitors Athletics ;Field Judo Powerlifting Shooting Swimming Wheelchair fencing See also * Georgia at the Paralympics * Georgia at the 2020 Summer Olympics References {{NPCsin2020SummerParalympics Nations at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 2021 in Georgian sport 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Summer Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Originally scheduled to take place from 25 August to 6 September 2020, both the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were postponed by a year in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the rescheduled Games still referred to as ''Tokyo 2020'' for marketing and branding purposes. As with the Olympics, the Games were largely held behind closed doors with no outside spectators due to a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area and other prefectures. The Games were the second Summer Paralympics hosted by Tokyo since 1964, and the third Paralympics held in Japan overall since the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano. Due to the postponement of the Paralympics because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was also the first (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Paralympics Medal Table
The medal table of the 2016 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. The 2016 Paralympics was the fifteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 7 September to 18 September. Athletes from 63 NPCs won at least one gold medal, with a total of 83 having won at least one medal of any colour. Athletes from Cape Verde, Georgia, Mozambique, Qatar, Uganda, and Vietnam won their first Paralympic medals. Of those nations, the National Olympic Committee of Cape Verde had never won an Olympic medal. Kazakhstan won their first medals at the Summer Paralympics, having previously won a silver medal at the Winter Paralympic Games. Georgia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam won their first Paralympic gold medals. For the fourth consecutive ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia At The 2016 Summer Paralympics
Georgia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Disability classifications Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Paralympics
) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , summer_prev = London 2012 , summer_next = Tokyo 2020 , winter_prev = Sochi 2014 , winter_next = Pyeongchang 2018 The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event. These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Summer Paralympics Medal Table
image:Sarah Storey medals.jpg, upalt=A Caucasian woman with brunette hair waves to a crowd. She is wearing a white polo shirt with the Union Jack flag on the left shoulder. Around her neck hang four Olympic gold medals., British cyclist Sarah Storey, pictured with her four 2012 Summer Paralympics gold medals The medal table of the 2012 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. The 2012 Paralympics was the fourteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. Some 4,280 athletes, representing 164 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), competed in 503 events in 20 sports. This was the highest number of athletes and NPCs ever competing at a Paralympic Games. The medals were designed by Lin Cheung and show a represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia At The 2012 Summer Paralympics
Georgia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012. Powerlifting ;Men Swimming ;Men See also * Georgia at the 2012 Summer Olympics References {{NPCin2012SummerParalympics Nations at the 2012 Summer Paralympics 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ... 2012 in Georgian sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Games as organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). They were the first Summer Paralympics to be hosted by London, and the first hosted solely by Great Britain; the English village of Stoke Mandeville co-hosted the 1984 Games with Long Island, New York after its original host, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, withdrew due to financial issues. In 1948, the village hosted the Stoke Mandeville Games—the first organised sporting event for athletes with disabilities, and a precursor to the modern Paralympic Games—to coincide with the opening of the 1948 Olympics in London. Organisers expected the Games to be the first Paralympics to achieve mass-market appeal, fuelled by continued enthusiasm over Great B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Paralympics Medal Table
The medal table of the 2008 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. The 2008 Paralympics was the thirteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 6 September to 17 September 2008. Some 3,951 athletes from 146 NPCs participated in 472 events in 20 sports, with Burundi, Gabon, Georgia, Haiti and Montenegro making their Paralympic debuts. This set new records for both the number of NPCs competing and the number of athletes overall. The design of the medals was similar to those awarded in the 2008 Summer Olympics, featuring jade discs inserted into the medals themselves, with different color discs included for the three types of medals. A total of 21 designs were submitted from designers from the China Centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia At The 2008 Summer Paralympics
Georgia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The country was represented by a single athlete who competed in powerlifting. , Official website of the 2008 Paralympic Games Powerlifting ;MenSee also * *External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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