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Europe at the Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Movement was born in Europe. Since the 1940s when Sir Ludwig Guttmann famously began to use sports as a means of rehabilitation first in Great Britain, the region has led the way and has produced some of the best athletes.

Athletes from European countries won nearly half of the medals at Beijing 2022.

Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

View some interesting statistics about European athletes and the performances of countries at Tokyo 2020.

PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games

European athletes show their talents consistently at the Winter Paralympics and PyeongChang 2018 was no exception.

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Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

More than 4,200 Paralympians of about 150 nations around the world are came to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, besides thousands of media professionals, fans of sport and tourists from all over the globe. 

Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Sochi 2014 saw the return of the Winter Paralympics to Europe.

London 2012 Paralympic Games

Widely recognised as a watershed moment for the Paralympic Movement, London 2012 showed what Europe can do for Para sport.

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