The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Spain. In addition, the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap were held immediately after the regular Paralympics in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Winter Olympics, were a winter multi-sport event held in Lillehammer, Norway, from February 12 to February 27, 1994. A total of 1,737 athletes representing 67 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 61 events, from 12 sports and disciplines. These were the only Winter Olympics held two years after the prior Games, as opposed to the four year separation before and after. Continuing the break from tradition of 1992, the medals were primarily made of granite rather than metal; gold, silver, or bronze was used only on the border, the Olympic rings, and a pictogram of the sport for which the medal was awarded.
The biathlon competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics were held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium. The events were held between 18 and 26 February 1994.
Kazakhstan, having become independent in 1991, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, with merely two athletes competing in cross-country skiing and biathlon. The country has competed in every edition of the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then. Kazakhstan has obtained only one Paralympic medal: a silver in cross-country skiing, won by Lubov Vorobieva during the country's inaugural participation in the Games in 1994.
Belarus sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, in Vancouver. It fielded a total of nine athletes, each of whom will compete in both biathlon and cross-country skiing.
The 1994 Winter Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 1994 Winter Paralympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway, from March 10 to March 19, 1994.
Norway has participated in every edition of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics, except the second Summer Games in 1964. It was one of the seventeen countries to take part in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, where it sent a delegation of eleven athletes. Norway was the host country of both the 1980 Winter Paralympics, in Geilo, and the 1994 Winter Paralympics, in Lillehammer.
Belarus competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 33 athletes, 20 men and 13 women. Competitors from Belarus won 29 medals, including 10 gold, 12 silver and 7 bronze to finish 19th in the medal table.
Belarus competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Belarus' team consisted of 26 athletes, competing in five sports.
Belarus competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, United States. 4 competitors from Belarus won 2 medals, 1 gold and 1 silver, and finished 16th in the medal table.
Belarus competed at the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan. 5 competitors from Belarus won no medals and so did not place in the medal table.
Belarus has been participating at the Deaflympics since 1993 and has earned a total of 87 medals.
Larysa Varona, also known as Larisa Varona, is a Belarusian female cross-country skier, biathlete and rower. She has represented Belarus at the Paralympics in 4 Winter Paralympics competing in cross-country skiing and biathlon events and in a single Summer Paralympics event during the 2012 Summer Paralympics competing in the rowing event.
Belarus sent competitors the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. People are competing in para-Nordic skiing. The team includes one woman and one man. Both had gone to the Winter Paralympics before. The country has a history of doing well at the Winter Paralympics, having first gone in 1994. Going to South Korea, they had already won 23 Winter Paralympic medals.
Lidziya Hrafeyeva is a Belarusian female cross-country skier and biathlete. She has competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2014 and 2018.
Dzmitry Loban is a Belarusian male cross-country skier and biathlete. He has competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2010, 2014 and 2018 claiming 2 medals in his Paralympic career.
Yury Holub is a Belarusian male visually impaired cross-country skier and biathlete. He made his Paralympic debut during the 2018 Winter Paralympics and went onto claim 3 medals so far in his maiden Paralympic appearance including a gold medal. He claimed his first Paralympic gold medal after winning the men's 12.5km visually impaired biathlon event during the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Yadviha Skorabahataya is a Belarussian visually impaired Paralympic skier.
