Winter Paralympics 2010

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X. Winter Paralympics
2010 Paralympics logo
With glowing hearts
( French : Des plus brillants exploits,
German  : Mit glowing hearts )
Venue: CanadaCanada Vancouver
Stadion: BC Place Stadium
Opening ceremony: March 12, 2010
Closing ceremony: March 21, 2010
Opened by: Michaëlle Jean
( Governor General )
Olympic oath : Hervé Lord (athletes)
Linda Kirton (referee)
Olympic torch : Zach Beaumont
Competitions: 64 in 5 sports
Countries: 44
Athletes: 503
← Turin 2006
Sochi 2014 →
Medal table
space country gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal total
1 GermanyGermany Germany 13 5 6th 24
2 RussiaRussia Russia 12 16 10 38
3 CanadaCanada Canada 10 5 4th 19th
4th SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 6th 2 3 11
5 UkraineUkraine Ukraine 5 8th 6th 19th
6th United StatesUnited States United States 4th 5 4th 13
7th AustriaAustria Austria 3 4th 4th 11
8th JapanJapan Japan 3 3 5 11
9 Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus 2 0 7th 9
10 FranceFrance France 1 4th 1 6th
... ... ... ... ... ...
13 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1 2 0 3
Complete medal table

The 10th Paralympic Winter Games took place from March 12 to 21, 2010 in the Canadian city ​​of Vancouver , the largest city in the province of British Columbia . The Paralympics are the Olympic Games for people with physical disabilities and took place after the 2010 Winter Olympic Games . Germany became the most successful nation with 13 gold medals.

The venues for the games stretched over a 120-kilometer zone from the shores of Richmond to the downtown area of ​​Vancouver. Existing and new competition venues should be used for the competitions. For the second time Canada hosted the Games after the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto . The opening ceremony was held at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the closing ceremony was held in Whistler .

Attendees

44 nations had registered for the Games in Vancouver. (In brackets: number of participating athletes)

Sports and schedule

2010 Winter Paralympic Schedule
March 12. 13. 14th 15th 16. 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st G
Ceremonies
biathlon 6th 6th 12
Wheelchair curling 1 1
Sledge ice hockey 1 1
Alpine skiing 4th 2 4th 2 6th 6th 6th 30th
Cross-country skiing 2 4th 6th 2 6th 20th
decisions 6th 6th 6th 4th 8th 12 6th 10 6th 64
• = medal decisions

Outstanding athletes

The most successful participants
rank athlete country sport gold silver bronze total
1 Verena Bentele GermanyGermany Germany Biathlon , cross-country skiing 5 0 0 5
Lauren Woolstencroft CanadaCanada Canada Alpine skiing 5 0 0 5
3 Irek Saripov RussiaRussia Russia Biathlon , cross-country skiing 4th 1 0 5
Gerd Schönfelder GermanyGermany Germany Alpine skiing 4th 1 0 5
5 Kirill Mikhailov RussiaRussia Russia Biathlon , cross-country skiing 3 2 0 5
6th Martin Braxenthaler GermanyGermany Germany Alpine skiing 3 1 0 4th
Henrieta Farkašová SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia Alpine skiing 3 1 0 4th
Olexandra Kononova UkraineUkraine Ukraine Biathlon , cross-country skiing 3 1 0 4th
Jakub Krako SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia Alpine skiing 3 1 0 4th
10 Brian McKeever CanadaCanada Canada Cross-country skiing 3 0 0 3
11 Anna Burmistrowa RussiaRussia Russia Biathlon , cross-country skiing 2 1 1 4th
Claudia Lösch AustriaAustria Austria Alpine skiing 2 1 1 4th
Alana Nichols United StatesUnited States United States Alpine skiing 2 1 1 4th
14th Marija Jowlewa RussiaRussia Russia Biathlon , cross-country skiing 2 1 0 3
15th Lyudmila Wautschok Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus Cross-country skiing 2 0 2 4th
16 Yoshihiro Nitta JapanJapan Japan Cross-country skiing 2 0 0 2
Sergei Shilov RussiaRussia Russia Cross-country skiing 2 0 0 2
18th Nikolai Poluchin RussiaRussia Russia Biathlon , cross-country skiing 1 4th 1 6th
19th Viviane Forest CanadaCanada Canada Alpine skiing 1 3 1 5
Olena Jurkowska UkraineUkraine Ukraine Biathlon , cross-country skiing 1 3 1 5
Lyubov Vasilyeva RussiaRussia Russia Biathlon , cross-country skiing 1 3 1 5
22nd Michalina Lyssova RussiaRussia Russia Biathlon , cross-country skiing 1 2 2 5
23 Nils-Erik Ulset NorwayNorway Norway Biathlon , cross-country skiing 1 2 1 4th
24 Jon Santacana SpainSpain Spain Alpine skiing 1 2 0 3
Stephani Victor United StatesUnited States United States Alpine skiing 1 2 0 3

Web links

Commons : Winter Paralympics 2010  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Athletes www.vancouver2010.com
  2. ↑ Paralympic Winter Games Medal Standings Paralympic.org, accessed April 4, 2020
  3. ↑ Vancouver 2010 query at vancouver2010.com (as of September 10, 2008)