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The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years (same as Olympic years) for disabled athletes, competing in snow and ice sports. There is also a summer version of the Paralympic Games.

The precursor to the Paralympic Games was an event organized in 1948 for Second World War veterans with spinal injuries. Seventy years on, the Paralympics is an integral part of the Olympic Games program, being hosted in the same city as the able-bodied Winter Olympic Games, and a short time afterwards. See more history of the Winter Paralympics.

Upcoming Paralympics

The next Winter Paralympics will be held in Milan-Cortina in 2026.

More Information

• Athletes compete in six classification categories, graded by severity. See Details of Categories
• There are currently six winter Paralympic sports. See Details of Sports

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Related Pages

• Summer Paralympic Games
• Winter Olympic Games
• Parasports at the Commonwealth Games
• Other major world sporting events
• About the Special Olympics
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