2006 Winter Paralympics - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games, the ninth Winter Paralympics, took place in Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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.

Medal Count

The top 10 NPCs

National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...

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

1	13	13	7	33
2	8	5	5	18
3	7	9	9	25
4	7	2	6	15
5	7	2	3	12
6	5	3	5	13
7	3	4	7	14
8	2	5	2	9
9	2	2	4	8
10	2	0	0	2

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

Wheelchair curling

Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Winter Paralympic Games....

made its Paralympic debut at these games.

Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 24 alpine skiing events were contested at Sestriere.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*, Official website of Vancouver 2010...
Sledge hockey
Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, the ice sledge hockey events were contested at the Torino Esposizioni.-Final rankings:-Team rosters:-Group A:-Preliminary round summary:-Group B:-Preliminary round summary:-Classification round:...
Nordic skiing
- Biathlon
  Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
  At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 12 biathlon events were contested at Pragelato.-Medal table:-Events:Men* 12.5km** Sitting** Standing** Visually impaired* 7.5km** Sitting** Standing** Visually impairedWomen* 10km** Sitting* 12.5km...
- Cross-country skiing
  Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
  At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 20 cross country skiing events were contested at Pragelato.-Medal table:-Events:Men* 5km** Sitting** Standing** Visually impaired* 10km** Sitting** Standing** Visually impaired* 15km** Sitting* 20km...
Wheelchair curling
Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was played at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio, in Pinerolo, 30 km southwest of Turin. Wheelchair curling was making its first appearance at the Paralympic Games and took the form of a mixed team event, open to athletes with a physical disability in...

Venues

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

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 24 alpine skiing events were contested at Sestriere.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*, Official website of Vancouver 2010...

events were held at Sestriere

Sestriere

Sestriere is an alpine village in Italy, a comune of the Province of Turin. It is from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin....

.
Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 20 cross country skiing events were contested at Pragelato.-Medal table:-Events:Men* 5km** Sitting** Standing** Visually impaired* 10km** Sitting** Standing** Visually impaired* 15km** Sitting* 20km...

and
biathlon

Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 12 biathlon events were contested at Pragelato.-Medal table:-Events:Men* 12.5km** Sitting** Standing** Visually impaired* 7.5km** Sitting** Standing** Visually impairedWomen* 10km** Sitting* 12.5km...

events were held at Cesana San Sicario

Cesana San Sicario

Cesana San Sicario, located in Cesana, Italy is a location of a venue for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The biathlon facility is built for 6,500 spectators....

. All skiing athletes were accommodated in the Paralympic Village in Sestriere

Sestriere

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Ice sledge hockey

Ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, the ice sledge hockey events were contested at the Torino Esposizioni.-Final rankings:-Team rosters:-Group A:-Preliminary round summary:-Group B:-Preliminary round summary:-Classification round:...

was held in Turin

Turin

, and wheelchair curling

Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was played at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio, in Pinerolo, 30 km southwest of Turin. Wheelchair curling was making its first appearance at the Paralympic Games and took the form of a mixed team event, open to athletes with a physical disability in...

was held in Pinerolo

Pinerolo

Pinerolo is a town and comune in north-western Italy, 40 kilometres southwest of Turin on the river Chisone.-History:In the Middle Ages, the town of Pinerolo was one of the main crossroads in Italy, and was therefore one of the principal fortresses of the dukes of Savoy. Its military importance...

. These athletes were accommodated in Paralympic Village in Turin.

Calendar

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Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

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Participants

Thirty-nine National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committee

s (NPCs) entered athletes at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. This was an increase of three from the 36 represented at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

2002 Winter Paralympics

The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Winter Paralympics, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to March 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated....

. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants from each NPC.

(2) (2) (10) (25) (?) (1) (3) (35) (2) (8) (1) (5) (6)
(7) (19) (35) (20) (1) (2) (1) (39) (40) (2) (3) (1) (1)
(2) (2) (29) (11) (29) (17) (1) (1) (9) (19) (21) (12) (56)

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.

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

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

in 2006.

Other information

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

1960 Summer Paralympics

The 1960 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, were the first international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were organised under the aegis of the International Stoke Mandeville Games...

in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

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.

External links

Official website of Torino Paralympics 2006 → Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Wayback Machine
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Torino 2006 Paralympic Games (English) → Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Wayback Machine
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ParalympicSport.TV
International Paralympic Committee

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1	13	13	7	33
2	8	5	5	18
3	7	9	9	25
4	7	2	6	15
5	7	2	3	12
6	5	3	5	13
7	3	4	7	14
8	2	5	2	9
9	2	2	4	8
10	2	0	0	2

1	13	13	7	33
2	8	5	5	18
3	7	9	9	25
4	7	2	6	15
5	7	2	3	12
6	5	3	5	13
7	3	4	7	14
8	2	5	2	9
9	2	2	4	8
10	2	0	0	2

1	13	13	7	33
2	8	5	5	18
3	7	9	9	25
4	7	2	6	15
5	7	2	3	12
6	5	3	5	13
7	3	4	7	14
8	2	5	2	9
9	2	2	4	8
10	2	0	0	2