New Zealand at the Paralympics
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New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
has sent delegations to the
Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...
since 1968, and to the
Winter Paralympics The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event includes athletes with mobility impairments, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. Th ...
since 1980. The Paralympic Games are a
multi-sport event A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
for athletes with physical and sensorial disabilities. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities,
amputations Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on indivi ...
, blindness, and
cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...
. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, following the
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
, and are governed by the
International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...
(IPC).


Medals


Medals by Summer Games


Medals by Winter Games


Medals by Summer Sport

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Medals by Winter Sport

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Top medallists

The following competitors have won at least three gold medals, or at least five medals overall


See also

* List of New Zealand Paralympians *
New Zealand at the Olympics New Zealand first sent an independent team to the Olympics in 1920 Summer Olympics, 1920. Prior to this, at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics, New Zealand and Australia at the Olympics, Australian athletes competed together ...


References

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