Lists of Paralympic medalists

Last updated September 05, 2024

This article includes lists of all Paralympic medalists since 1960, organized by each Paralympic sport or discipline, and also by Paralympiad.

By sport

Summer Paralympic sports

Discipline		Contested	Number of		Medals awarded				Athlete(s) with the most medals (Gold-Silver-Bronze)
Discipline		Contested	Paralympiads	medal events in 2016	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Athlete(s) with the most medals (Gold-Silver-Bronze)
	Archery	Since 1960	15	9	152	143	133	428	Paola Fantato (ITA) (5–1–2)
	Athletics	Since 1960	15	160	2848	2791	2708	8348	Zipora Rubin (ISR) (13–5–5) Heinz Frei (SUI) (11-6–5)
	Boccia	Since 1984	9	7	63	63	63	189	Antonio Cid (ESP) (3–2–1) Antonio Marques (POR) (2–3–1) Henrik Jorgensen (DEN) (1–3–2) Fernando Ferreira (POR) (1–2–3)
	Cycling	Since 1984	9	44	248	248	247	743	Christopher Scott (AUS) (6–2–2)
	Equestrian	1984, since 1996	7	11	72	72	70	214	Lee Pearson (GBR) (9–0–0)
	Football 5-a-side	Since 2004	4	4	4	4	4	9	Brazil (BRA) (3–0–0)
	Goalball	Since 1976	12	20	20	20	20	60	Niklas Hultqvist (SWE) (0–1–2)
	Judo	Since 1988	8	13	78	78	157	313	Satoshi Fujimoto (JPN) (3–1–0) Simon Jackson (GBR) (3–0–1) Yu Sung An (KOR) (2–0–2)
	Paracanoe	Since 2016	1	6	6	6	6	18
	Paratriathlon	Since 2016	1	6	6	6	6	18
	Powerlifting	Since 1984	9	20	136	136	131	403	Fatma Omar (EGY) (4–0–0)
	Rowing	Since 2008	3	12	12	12	12	36	Pam Relph (GBR) (2–0–0)
	Shooting	Since 1976	11	11	158	152	153	463	Jonas Jacobsson (SWE) (16–1–8)
	Swimming	Since 1960	15	147	2299	2204	2129	6632	Trischa Zorn (USA) (32–9–5)
	Table tennis	Since 1960	15	29	396	393	476	1265	Zhang Xiaoling (CHN) (9–1–2) Jochen Wollmert (GER) (5–1–2)
	Volleyball	Since 1976	11	2	14	14	14	42	Manfred Kohl (GER)/(FRG) (4–0–0)
	Wheelchair basketball	Since 1960	15	2	30	30	30	90	Tracey Ferguson (CAN) (3–0–1) Patrick Anderson (CAN) (3–1–0)
	Wheelchair fencing	Since 1960	15	12	181	180	171	532	Roberto Marson (ITA) (8–5–2)
	Wheelchair rugby	1996; since 2000	5	5	5	5	5	15	Nazim Erdem (AUS) (2–2–0)
	Wheelchair tennis	1988; since 1992	8	48	38	38	38	114	Esther Vergeer (NED) (5–1–0) David Hall (AUS) (1–3–2)

Winter Paralympic sports

Discipline		Contested	Number of		Medals awarded				Athlete(s) with the most medals (Gold-Silver-Bronze)
Discipline		Contested	Paralympiads	medal events in 2018	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Athlete(s) with the most medals (Gold-Silver-Bronze)
	Alpine skiing	Since 1976	12	30	423	415	405	1243	Gerd Schönfelder (GER) (16–4–2)
	Biathlon	Since 1988	9	18	56	56	57	286	Verena Bentele (GER) (3–0–1) Frank Höfle (GER) (3–0–1) Wilhelm Brem (GER) (2–1–1) Anne Floriet (FRA) (1–2–1)
	Cross-country skiing	Since 1976	12	20	351	341	343	1035	Frank Höfle (GER)/(FRG) (10–5–2)
	Ice sledge hockey	Since 1994	7	1	7	7	7	21	Helge Bjørnstad (NOR) (1–3–0) Eskil Hagen (NOR) (1–3–0) Atle Haglund (NOR) (1–3–0) Kjetil Korbu Nilsen (NOR) (1–3–0)
	Snowboarding	Since 2014	2	10	12	12	12	36	Bibian Mentel-Spee (NED) (3–0–0)
	Wheelchair curling	Since 2006	4	1	2	2	2	6	Sonja Gaudet (CAN) (3–0–0) Jalle Jungnell (SWE) (0–0–2)

Past sports

Summer

Discipline	Contested	Number of Paralympiads	Medals awarded				Athlete(s) with the most medals
Discipline	Contested	Number of Paralympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Athlete(s) with the most medals
Dartchery	1960–1980	6	12	12	12	36	Gwen Buck (GBR) (3–0–2) Eric Magennis (AUS) (3–0–0)
Football 7-a-side	1984–2016	9	9	9	9	27	Netherlands (NED) (3–0–0) Russia (RUS) (2–2–1)
Lawn bowls	1968–1988, 1996	7	68	60	59	187	Margaret Harriman (RHO) (3–1–1) Roy Fowler (AUS) (3–0–0)
Sailing	1996; 2000–2016	6	18	18	18	54	Paul Tingley (CAN) (1–0–2)
Snooker	1960–1988	8	10	10	10	30	Michael Shelton (GBR) (3–1–1)
Weightlifting	1964–1992	8	57	56	53	166	Abraham Strauch (ISR) (4–1–0) Vic Renalson (AUS) (3–1–0)
Wrestling	1980 & 1984	2	18	11	1	30	James Mastro (USA) (2–0–0) Ken Sparks (USA) (2–0–0)

Winter

Discipline		Contested	Number of Paralympiads	Medals awarded				Athlete(s) with the most medals
Discipline		Contested	Number of Paralympiads	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Athlete(s) with the most medals
	Ice sledge speed racing	1980–1988, 1994 & 1998	5	66	65	65	196	Knut Lundstrøm (NOR) (8–3–1)

By Paralympiad

Summer Paralympic Games

Games	Medal		Host	Number of medal events	Medals awarded				Athlete(s) with the most medals (Gold-Silver-Bronze)
Games	Medal		Host	Number of medal events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Athlete(s) with the most medals (Gold-Silver-Bronze)
1960	winners	table	Rome, Italy	113	113	94	84	291	Maria Scutti (ITA) (9–1–2) Athletics
1964	winners	table	Tokyo, Japan	144	144	138	136	418	Dean Slaugh (USA) (4–0–0) Archery Serge Bec (FRA) (3–1–0) Wheelchair Fencing Roberto Marson (ITA) (1–2–1) Wheelchair Fencing
1968	winners	table	Tel Aviv, Israel	189	189	186	201	576	Roberto Marson (ITA) (4–2–0) Wheelchair Fencing
1972	winners	table	Heidelberg, West Germany	188	188	187	200	575	Eve M. Rimmer (NZL) (2–2–0) Athletics
1976	winners	table	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	447	447	378	347	1172	Josefina Cornejo (MEX) (4–1–0) Athletics Uri Bergman (ISR) (6–0–0) Swimming Marijke Ruiter (NED) (7–0–0) Swimming
1980	winners	table	Arnhem, Netherlands	587	587	537	486	1610	Trischa Zorn (USA) (5–0–0) Swimming
1984	winners	table	Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom New York, United States	973	973	946	848	2767	Monica Saker (SWE) (5–0–0) Athletics Helena Brunner (AUS) (5–1–1) Swimming
1988	winners	table	Seoul, South Korea	733	733	731	744	2208	Mike Kenny (GBR) (5–1–0) Swimming Trischa Zorn (USA) (12–0–0) Swimming
1992	winners	table	Barcelona, Spain	490	490	487	526	1503	Bart Dodson (USA) (8–0–0) Athletics Christopher Holmes (GBR) (6–1–0) Swimming Trischa Zorn (USA) (10–0–0) Swimming
1996	winners	table	Atlanta, United States	518	518	517	542	1577	Duane Kale (NZL) (4–1–1) Swimming Priya Cooper (AUS) (5–1–1) Swimming
2000	winners	table	Sydney, Australia	550	550	549	558	1657	Mayumi Narita (JPN) (6–1–0) Swimming Siobhan Paton (AUS) (6–0–0) Swimming
2004	winners	table	Athens, Greece	519	519	518	533	1570	Jonas Jacobsson (SWE) (4–0–0) Shooting Erin Popovich (USA) (7–0–0) Swimming Benoît Huot (CAN) (5–1–0) Swimming Natalie du Toit (RSA) (5–1–0) Swimming Chui Yee Yu (HKG) (4–0–0) Wheelchair fencing
2008	winners	table	Beijing, China	473	473	471	487	1431	Chantal Petitclerc (CAN) (5–0–0) Athletics Jessica Long (USA) (4–1–1) Swimming
2012	winners	table	London, United Kingdom	503	503	503	516	1522	Jacqueline Freney (AUS) (8–0–0) Swimming Daniel Dias (BRA) (6–0–0) Swimming Matthew Cowdrey (AUS) (5–2–1) Swimming Jessica Long (USA) (5–2–1) Swimming
2016	winners	table	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	529	529	529	539	1597	Daniel Dias (BRA) (5–3–2) Swimming Denys Dubrov (UKR) (3–3–2) Swimming
2020	winners	table	Tokyo, Japan	539	539	540	589	1668	Maksym Krypak (UKR) (5–1–1) Swimming

Winter Paralympic Games

Games	Medal		Host	Number of medal events	Medals awarded				Athlete(s) with the most medals (Gold-Silver-Bronze)
Games	Medal		Host	Number of medal events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Athlete(s) with the most medals (Gold-Silver-Bronze)
1976	winners	table	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden	53	53	46	42	141	Heinz Moser (AUT) (3–0–0) Alpine skiing Petra Merkott (FRG) (3–0–0) Alpine skiing Teuvo Sahi (FIN) (3–0–0) Cross-country skiing
1980	winners	table	Geilo, Norway	63	63	54	51	168	Jouko Grip (FIN) (3–0–0) Cross-country skiing Desiree Johannsom (NOR) (5–0–0) Cross-country skiing and ice sledge speed racing
1984	winners	table	Innsbruck, Austria	107	107	106	102	315	Paul Dibello (USA) (4–0–0) Alpine skiing Gunilla Ahren (SWE) (4–0–0) Lahja Hämäläinen (FIN) (4–0–0) Ice sledge speed skating
1988	winners	table	Innsbruck, Austria	96	96	93	90	279	Reinhold Möller (FRG) (3–0–0) Alpine skiing Knut Lundstroem (NOR) (4–0–0) Ice sledge speed racing Ragnhild Myklebust (NOR) (5–1–0) Ice sledge speed racing and cross-country skiing
1992	winners	table	Albertville, France	79	79	78	78	235	Reinhold Moeller (GER) (4–0–0) Alpine skiing Nikolai Ilioutchenko (EUN) (3–0–0) Cross-country skiing
1994	winners	table	Lillehammer, Norway	133	125	124	122	371	Brian Santos (USA) (4–0–0) Alpine skiing Reinhold Moeller (GER) (4–0–0) Alpine skiing Ragnhild Myklebust (NOR) (5–2–1) Ice sledge speed racing and cross-country skiing Terjo Løvaas (NOR) (4–0–0) Cross-country skiing
1998	winners	table	Nagano, Japan	122	122	122	123	367	Madga Arno (ESP) (4–0–0) Alpine skiing Knut Lundstroem (NOR) (4–0–0) Ice sledge speed racing Wakako Tsuchida (JPN) (2–2–0) Ice sledge speed racing Ragnhild Myklebust (NOR) (4–0–0) Cross-country skiing
2002	winners	table	Salt Lake City, United States	92	92	92	92	276	Martin Braxenthaler (GER) (4–0–0) Alpine skiing Sarah Will (USA) (4–0–0) Alpine skiing Ragnhild Myklebust (NOR) (4–0–0) Cross-country skiing
2006	winners	table	Turin, Italy	58	58	58	58	174	Olena Iurkovska (UKR) (4–1–1) Biathlon and cross-country skiing
2010	winners	table	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	64	64	65	63	192	Lauren Woolstencroft (CAN) (3–0–0) Alpine skiing Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev (RUS) (1–4–1) Cross-country skiing
2014	winners	table	Sochi, Russia	72	72	72	72	216	Anna Schaffelhuber (GER) (5–0–0) Alpine skiing Alexey Bugaev (RUS) (2–2–1) Alpine skiing
2018	winners	table	Pyeongchang, South Korea	80	80	80	81	241	Henrieta Farkašová (SVK) (4–1–0) Alpine skiing Ekaterina Rumyantseva (NPA) (3–1–0) Biathlon and cross-country skiing
2022	winners	table	Beijing, China	78	78	78	78	234	Jesper Pedersen (NOR) (4–1–0) Alpine skiing

Notes

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The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have been held shortly after the corresponding Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement.

The 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, retroactively designated as the 1960 Summer Paralympics, were the first international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were organised under the aegis of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation. The term "Paralympic Games" was approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first in 1984, while the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989.

The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about 80 events. The number and kinds of events may change from one Paralympic Games to another.

The Paralympic symbols are the icons, flags, and symbols used by the International Paralympic Committee to promote the Paralympic Games.

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. The Winter Paralympic Games are held every four years directly following the Winter Olympic Games and hosted in the same city. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) oversees the Games. Medals are awarded in each event: with gold for first place, silver for second, and bronze for third, following the tradition that the Olympic Games began in 1904.

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Argentina was one of the nineteen nations that competed at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1964 held in Tokyo, Japan from November 3 to 12, 1964. The team finished eighth in the medal table with a total of thirty seven medals, six gold, fourteen silver and sixteen bronze. The Argentinian team consisted of twenty four athletes, eighteen male and six female.

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Iran competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

China has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports China competed in include blind football, archery, boccia, cycling, goalball, judo, paracanoeing, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.

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References

"IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960–1984), such as relay and team members.

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Table of contents
By sport	Summer (past) • Winter (past)
By Paralympiad	Summer • Winter
See also References External links

v t e Paralympic Games medal tables
Paralympic medal All-time Paralympic Games medal table Lists of Paralympic medalists
Summer Games	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter Games	1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

v t e Paralympic Games medal winners
Paralympic medal All-time Paralympic Games medal table Lists of Paralympic medalists
Summer Games	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter Games	1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

v t e Paralympic Games
Charter Host cities IPC NPCs Medal tables Medalists Participating nations Summer Winter Sports Symbols
Summer Games	1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel Aviv 1972 Heidelberg 1976 Toronto 1980 Arnhem 1984 New York / Stoke Mandeville 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona / Madrid 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo ^† 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane
Winter Games	1976 Örnsköldsvik 1980 Geilo 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Innsbruck 1992 Tignes / Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2018 PyeongChang 2022 Beijing 2026 Milano Cortina 2030 French Alps 2034 Salt Lake City–Utah
^†Postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

v t e Olympics and Paralympics statistics
Medalists and medal tables	Lists of Olympic medalists first Olympic gold by country List of Olympic teams by medals won Lists of Paralympic medalists All-time Olympic Games medal table All-time Paralympic Games medal table List of Paralympic teams by medals won
Multiple medalists	Multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games in one event at Summer Olympics at Winter Olympics
Multiple gold medalists	Multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games in one event Multiple Paralympic gold medalists at a single Games
Appearances in more sports	Athletes at both the Summer and Winter Olympics Athletes who competed in multiples sports at the Summer Olympic games Athletes who competed in multiples sports at the Winter Olympic games
Other statistics	Olympic medals in different sports at Summer and Winter Olympics Most appearances at Olympic Games Medal sweeps in Olympic athletics Medal sweeps in Paralympics Ties for medals at the Olympics Stripped Olympic medals Olympic medals by host nation Paralympic medals by host nation Olympic medalist families

v t e Sports at the Paralympic Games
Summer sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Boccia Cycling Equestrian Football 5-a-side Goalball Judo Paracanoe Paratriathlon Parataekwondo Powerlifting Rowing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Volleyball Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair tennis
Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross-country skiing Para ice hockey Snowboarding Wheelchair curling
Discontinued sports	Football 7-a-side Basketball ID Dartchery Ice sledge racing Lawn bowls Sailing Snooker Weightlifting Wrestling
Demonstration sports	Racquetball