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United States At The 1984 Winter Paralympics
The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. The United States finished 5th in the gold medal and 4th in the total medal count. Medalists The following American athletes won medals at the games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medalists' names are in bold. , style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;", , style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;", Classification Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications: *LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee *LW 3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment *LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee *LW5/7 - standing: double arm amputation *LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation *LW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg *Gr I - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Paralympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USOPC is one of only four NOCs in the world that also serve as the National Paralympic Committee for their country. The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Parapan American Games and serves as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in the United States. The Olympic Movement is overseen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC is supported by 35 international federations that govern each sport on a global level, National Olympic Committees that oversee Olympic sport as a whole in their respective nations, and national federations that administer each sport at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
