| Russia at the 1994 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | RUS |
| NPC | Russian Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Lillehammer | |
| Competitors | 27 |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Soviet Union (1988) Unified Team (1992) Neutral Paralympic Athletes (2018) RPC (2022) | |
Russia competed at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway. 27 competitors from Russia won 30 medals, 10 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze, and finished 5th in the medal table. [1]
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multi-sport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
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