2006 Winter Paralympics





















































VIII Paralympic Winter Games
Paralympics Torino 2006 logo.svg
Host city
Turin, Italy
Motto
Passion lives here
(Italian: La passione vive qui)
Nations 39
Athletes 486
Events 58 in 4 sports
Opening 10 March
Closing 19 March
Opened by

President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Cauldron
Silvia Battaglio
Aroldo Ruschioni
Stadium Stadio Olimpico
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The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games (Italian: IX Giochi paralimpici invernali), the ninth Winter Paralympics, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were also the first Paralympics to use the new Paralympics logo.




Contents






  • 1 Medal count


  • 2 Sports


  • 3 Venues


  • 4 Calendar


  • 5 Participants


  • 6 Other information


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Medal count


Main article: 2006 Winter Paralympics medal table

The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Italy) is highlighted.





































































































Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1
 Russia
 13 13 7 33
2
 Germany
 8 5 5 18
3
 Ukraine
 7 9 9 25
4
 France
 7 2 6 15
5
 United States
 7 2 3 12
6
 Canada
 5 3 5 13
7
 Austria
 3 4 7 14
8
 Japan
 2 5 2 9
9
 Italy*		 2 2 4 8
10
 Poland
 2 0 0 2
Totals (10 nations) 56 45 48 149


Sports


The Games featured 58 medal events in five disciplines of four sports. As with other Paralympic Games, medals are awarded for each classification within each event. The sport of wheelchair curling made its Paralympic debut at these games.[1]




  • Alpine skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg Alpine skiing (24) (details)


  • Ice sledge hockey - Paralympic pictogram.svg Ice sledge hockey (1) (details)

  • Nordic skiing


    • Biathlon - Paralympic pictogram.svg Biathlon (12) (details)


    • Cross-country skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing (20) (details)




  • Wheelchair curling - Paralympic pictogram.svg Wheelchair curling (1) (details)



Venues


The sport venues were also used during the Winter Olympics, although not all Olympic venues were in use for the Paralympics.


Alpine skiing events were held at Sestriere.
Cross-country skiing and
biathlon events were held at Cesana San Sicario. All skiing athletes were accommodated in the Alpine Paralympic Village in Sestriere.


Ice sledge hockey was held in Turin, and wheelchair curling was held in Pinerolo. These athletes were accommodated in the City Paralympic Village in Turin.



Calendar











   ●    Opening ceremony    ●    Event competitions    ●    Event finals    ●    Closing ceremony





























































































March
 10th
 11th
 12th
 13th
 14th
 15th
 16th
 17th
 18th
 19th
Ceremonies
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Alpine Skiing
  
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    4   
    2   
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    2   
    4   
    2   
    4   

Biathlon
  
    6   
  
  
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Cross-country skiing
  
  
    6   
  
  
    6   
  
    2   
    2   
    4   

Ice sledge hockey
  
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    1   
  

Wheelchair curling
  
  
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    1   
  


Participants


Thirty-nine National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) entered athletes at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. This was an increase of three from the 36 represented at the 2002 Winter Paralympics. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants from each NPC.


Note that, although Greece was scheduled to compete, no Greek athlete took part in any event; the International Paralympic Committee does not list Greece as having entered any athlete in the Games, and considers that there were thirty-eight NPCs at the Games, rather than thirty-nine.[2][3]













Participating nations. Green: fewer than 5 athletes; blue: 5-9; orange: 10-19; red: 20 or more.


A total of 486 athletes participated in the Games, 385 male and 101 female. This is an increase from the 430 athletes participated in 2002. Despite overall increase of delegates and athletes, the following nations who participated in the 2002 Winter Paralympics did not send athletes to Turin.




  •  Estonia


  •  Netherlands


Mexico is the only country who had sent an athlete to these Games but not the Winter Olympic Games in 2006.



Other information


These are the second Paralympic Games to be held in Italy, which hosted the first Summer Paralympics in Rome in 1960.


These are the first Paralympic Games to feature a live webcast of events, hosted by ParalympicSport.TV.


The Games mascot is Aster, a star-shaped snowflake similar in design to the Olympic mascots Neve and Gliz.


Unable to fund the hosting themselves, the Olympic organizing committee TOROC sold the rights off to a company for an estimated US$40 million[4]





See also



  • 2006 Winter Olympics


References





  1. ^ "Torino 2006". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-06..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Paralympic Games results and delegations database, International Paralympic Committee


  3. ^ "Torino 2006", International Paralympic Committee


  4. ^ "10 Olympic Games That Nearly Bankrupted Their Host Countries". 2014-01-19. Retrieved 2016-08-15.




External links



  • Official website of Torino Paralympics 2006 → Archive copy at the Wayback Machine

  • Torino 2006 Paralympic Games (English) → Archive copy at the Wayback Machine

  • ParalympicSport.TV

  • International Paralympic Committee






Preceded by
Salt Lake City
Winter Paralympics
Turin
IX Paralympic Winter Games (2006)
 Succeeded by
Vancouver









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