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In football, Brazil finished fourth in the 7-a-side event, with losses to Ukraine (0-6) and Iran (0-4) in the final round. The country did, however, successfully defend for the first time its Paralympic title in 5-a-side football, defeating China 2–1 in the final. [2] Brazil debuted at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, sending two athletes.
Paralympic Awards are presented for the first time. [9] 2006: 10–19 March - Torino Winter Paralympics - 477 athletes from 39 countries; [6] 58 events in 4 sports. Wheelchair curling made its Games debut. [6] IPC launched ParalympicSport.TV, an online TV channel, during the Games [9] and it attracted nearly 40,000 unique viewers from 105 ...
8 July – Channel 4 shows live coverage of the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final between England and Spain. [40] 2024. 7 November – The Women's FA Cup will return to Channel 4 for the 2025-26 to 2027-28 seasons, replacing the BBC whose contract expired after the end of 2024-25 season. [41]
Long before the Paralympic Games, American gymnast George Eyser, who had a wooden leg, competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics, and won three gold medals, two silver and a bronze, including a gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard. There have also been other amputee medallists at the ...
Jessica Long, 29 medals at the Summer Paralympics. This is a list of multiple Paralympic gold medalists, listing people who have won ten or more gold medals at the Paralympic Games. The Paralympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won medals.
Brazilian Paralympic Committee: Website: www.cpb.org.br (in Portuguese) in Paris, France August 28, 2024 () – September 8, 2024 () Competitors: 255 (138 men and 117 women) in 20 sports: Flag bearers (opening) Gabriel Araújo Elizabeth Gomes: Flag bearers (closing) Fernando Rufino Carolina Santiago: Medals Ranked 5th: Gold 25 Silver 26
The 2016 Summer Paralympics (Portuguese: Jogos Paralímpicos de Verão de 2016), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
4 Women's 50m freestyle S4: 41.62 2 41.56 4 Susana Schnarndorf: Women's 150m individual medley SM4: 3:06.54 5 Q: 3:11.54 8 Women's 50m freestyle S4: 48.78 12 did not advance Women's 100m freestyle S5: 1:50.65 16 did not advance Women's 50m backstroke S4: 1:00.50 12 did not advance