2002 Winter Paralympics

VIII Paralympic Winter Games
LocationSalt Lake City, United States
MottoMind, Body, Spirit
Nations36
Athletes416
Events92 in 4 sports
Opening7 March 2002
Closing16 March 2002
Opened by
Closed by
Cauldron
StadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
Winter
Summer
2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from 7 to 16 March 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. They were the first Winter Paralympics in the American continent. These were the first Paralympic Winter Games for Andorra, Chile, China, Croatia, Greece, and Hungary. Ragnhild Myklebust of Norway won five gold medals in skiing and biathlon, becoming the most successful Winter Paralympic athlete of all time with 22 medals, 17 of them gold.[1]


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