2023 European Para Championships

2023 European Para Championships

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Host city	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nations	42
Athletes	1500
Events	144 in 10 sports
Opening	8 August 2023
Closing	20 August 2023
Opened by	Andrew Parsons
Main venue	Rotterdam Ahoy
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The 2023 European Para Championships were the first edition of the European Para Championships held between 8 and 20 August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ^{[1] [2]}

Sports

The following competitions took place: ^[3]

2023 European Para Championships Sports Programme
Archery ( details ) (16 or 17)   Badminton ( details ) (20)   Boccia ( details ) (11)   Cycling ( details ) (51)   Goalball ( details ) (1)   Judo ( details ) (18)   Shooting ( details ) (9)   Taekwondo ( details ) (10 or 11)   Wheelchair basketball ( details ) (2)   Wheelchair tennis ( details ) (6)

Venues

Rotterdam Ahoy

Events will be held at the following venuses: ^[4]

Venue	Sports
Rotterdam Ahoy	Badminton Boccia Cycling Goalball Judo Shooting Taekwondo Wheelchair basketball
Kop van Zuid	Para Archery
Schouwburgplein	Wheelchair Tennis

Schedule

Sports	August 2023													Events
	Tues 8	Wed 9	Thurs 10	Fri 11	Sat 12	Sun 13	Mon 14	Tues 15	Wed 16	Thurs 17	Fri 18	Sat 19	Sun 20
Archery								●	●	●	1	4	9	16
Badminton								●	●	●	●	●	20	20
Boccia	●	●	●	●	8	3								11
Cycling														51
Goalball			●	●	●									1
Judo														18
Shooting														9
Taekwondo														10
Wheelchair basketball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●				2
Wheelchair tennis	●	●	●	●										6
Total gold medal events	7	9	1	0										144
Cumulative total	7	16	17	17									144

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Competition round

Final

Medal table (Incorrect)

Source: ^{[5] [6] [7]}

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	25	17	25	67
2	Italy	19	13	16	48
3	Netherlands*	17	10	6	33
4	Turkey	16	16	20	52
5	Great Britain	9	15	16	40
6	Switzerland	8	4	3	15
7	Spain	7	14	14	35
8	Germany	7	9	6	22
9	Ukraine	7	8	8	23
10	Poland	6	10	8	24
11	Azerbaijan	4	4	5	13
12	Georgia	4	3	9	16
13	Czech Republic	4	2	6	12
14	Austria	2	4	7	13
15	Portugal	2	3	7	12
16	Slovakia	2	3	1	6
17	Greece	2	2	3	7
18	Belgium	2	2	1	5
19	Croatia	2	0	0	2
	International Paralympic Committee	2	0	0	2
	Moldova	2	0	0	2
22	Israel	1	3	6	10
23	Sweden	1	3	2	6
24	Serbia	1	2	0	3
25	Romania	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
27	Hungary	0	2	2	4
28	Norway	0	2	0	2
29	Denmark	0	1	2	3
30	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
32	Andorra	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 entries)		154	154	177	485

• One title was won by a united judo team and one title by an athlete under the auspices of the international taekwendo federation.

Participating nations

42 nations, and a number of neutral athletes, ^[8] competed:

Participating National Paralympic Committees

Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Independent Paralympic Athletes [8] Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova Montenegro Netherlands (host) North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

See also

• 2023 European Games

References

1. "Eric Kersten: The birth of the European Para Championships". 4 February 2023.
2. "Rotterdam to host first-ever European Para Championships in 2023". 16 January 2023.
3. "Sports".
4. "Rotterdam to host first-ever European Para Championships in 2023". 16 January 2023.
5. "Results".
6. "Rotterdam 2023: Top moments from the first European Para Championships".
7. MEDAL STANDINGS (Overall) European Para Championships 2023
8. Para athletes from Russia and Belarus, whose National Paralympic Committees are suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, were allowed to enter as neutral athletes under the IPC flag in some sports.

External links

• European Para Championships