The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games ( it, Giochi paralimpici invernali del 2006), the ninth Paralympic Winter Games, took place in

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, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were also the first Paralympics to use the new Paralympics logo. Italy will host the Winter Paralympics again in 2026, scheduled to be held in

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and

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Medal count

The top 10

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by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Italy) is highlighted.

Sports

The Games featured 58 medal events in five disciplines of four sports. As with other Paralympic Games, medals are awarded for each classification within each event. The sport of

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made its Paralympic debut at these games. * Alpine skiing - Paralympic pictogram

Ice sledge hockey - Paralympic pictogram

* Nordic skiing ** Biathlon - Paralympic pictogram

Cross-country skiing - Paralympic pictogram

Wheelchair curling - Paralympic pictogram

Venues

The sport venues were also used during the Winter Olympics, although not all Olympic venues were in use for the Paralympics. Opening ceremonies was held at

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and the closing and awarding ceremonies were held at the Piaza Castello.

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events were held at

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and

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events were held shared by the

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complex. All skiing athletes were accommodated in the Mountain Paralympic Village in

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was held in

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was held in Pinerolo Palaghiaccio. These athletes were accommodated in the City Paralympic Village in Turin.

Calendar

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Participants

Thirty-nine

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s (NPCs) entered athletes at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. This was an increase of three from the 36 represented at the

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. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants from each NPC. Note that, although Greece was scheduled to compete, no Greek athlete took part in any event; the

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A total of 486 athletes participated in the Games, 385 male and 101 female. This is an increase from the 430 athletes participated in 2002. Despite overall increase of delegates and athletes, the following nations who participated in the 2002 Winter Paralympics did not send athletes to Turin. * * Mexico was the only country who had sent an athlete to the Winter Paralympics but not the

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Other information

These are the second Paralympic Games to be held in Italy, which hosted the first Summer Paralympics in

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in 1960. These are the first Paralympic Games to feature a live webcast of events, hosted b
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References

External links

*Official website of Torino Paralympics 2006 �
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*Torino 2006 Paralympic Games (English) �
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