Lists of Paralympic medalists

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

Table of contents
By sport

Summer (past) • Winter (past)

By Paralympiad

SummerWinter

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By sport

Summer Paralympic sports

Discipline Contested Number of
Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals
(Gold-Silver-Bronze)
Paralympiads medal events
in 2008
Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery Since 1960  Paola Fantato (ITA) (5-1-2)
Athletics Since 1960  Heinz Frei (SUI) (11-6-5)
Boccia Since 1984  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  Christopher Scott (AUS) (6-2-2)
Equestrian  Lee Pearson (GBR) (9-0-0)
Football 5-a-side Since 2004
Football 7-a-side Since 1984
Goalball Since 1976  Niklas Hultqvist (SWE) (0-1-2)
Judo Since 1988  Satoshi Fujimoto (JPN) (3-1-0)

 Simon Jackson (GBR) (3-0-1)
 Yu Sung An (KOR) (2-0-2)

Powerlifting Since 1984  Gomma G. Ahmed (EGY) (3-1-0)

 Keum Jong Jung (KOR) (2-1-1)

Rowing Since 2008 1 4 4 4 4 12
Sailing 1996;
since 2000
Shooting Since 1976  Jonas Jacobsson (SWE) (16-1-8)
Swimming Since 1960  Trischa Zorn (USA) (32-9-5)
Table tennis Since 1960  Kyung Mook Kim (KOR) (4-1-5)

 Matti Launonen (FIN) (2-4-4)

Volleyball Since 1976  Manfred Kohl (GER)/(FRG) (4-0-0)

 Ali Golkar Azghandi (IRI) (3-1-0)

Wheelchair basketball Since 1960
Wheelchair fencing Since 1960  Roberto Marson (ITA) (8-5-2)
Wheelchair rugby 1996;
since 2000
Wheelchair tennis 1988;
since 1992
 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)
Paralympiads medal events
in 2010
Gold Silver Bronze Total
Alpine skiing Since 1976 10 30 424 416 405 1245  Gerd Schönfelder (GER) (16-4-2)
Biathlon Since 1988 7 12 59 59 59 177  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 10 20 311 301 297 909  Frank Höfle (GER)/(FRG) (10-5-2)
Ice sledge hockey Since 1994 5 1 5 5 5 15  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)

Wheelchair curling Since 2006 2 1 2 2 2 6  Sonja Gaudet (CAN) (2-0-0)

 Jalle Jungnell (SWE) (0-0-2)
 Anette Wilhelm (SWE) (0-0-2)

Past sports

Summer

Discipline Contested Number of
Paralympiads
Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
Dartchery
Lawn bowls
Snooker  Michael Shelton (GBR) (3-1-1)
Weightlifting 1964-1992  Abraham Strauch (ISR) (4-1-0)

 R. Rowe (GBR) (1-3-1)

Wrestling 1980-1984  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
Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ice sledge speed racing  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)
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1960 winners table Rome, Italy 113 94 84 291
1964 winners table Tokyo, Japan 144 138 136 418
1968 winners table Tel Aviv, Israel 189 186 201 576
1972 winners table Heidelberg, West Germany 188 187 200 575
1976 winners table Toronto, Canada 447 378 347 1172
1980 winners table Arnhem, Netherlands 587 537 486 1610
1984 winners table Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom
New York, United States
973 946 848 2767
1988 winners table Seoul, South Korea 733 731 744 2208
1992 winners table Barcelona, Spain 490 487 526 1503
1996 winners table Atlanta, United States 518 517 542 1577
2000 winners table Sydney, Australia 550 549 558 1657
2004 winners table Athens, Greece 519 518 533 1570
2008 winners table Beijing, China 473 471 487 1431

Winter Paralympic Games

Games Medal Host Number
of medal
events
Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals
(Gold-Silver-Bronze)
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1976 winners table Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
1980 winners table Geilo, Norway
1984 winners table Innsbruck, Austria
1988 winners table Innsbruck, Austria
1992 winners table Albertville, France
1994 winners table Lillehammer, Norway
1998 winners table Nagano, Japan
2002 winners table Salt Lake City, United States
2006 winners table Turin, Italy 58 58 58 58 174  Olena Iurkovska (UKR) (4-1-1)
2010 winners table Vancouver, Canada 64 64 65 63 192  Nikolay Polukhin
Guide: Andrey Tokarev (RUS) (1-4-1)

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