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Para sports

Sports adapted for athletes with an impairment, many of them on the Paralympic programme.

33sports & disciplines
0on the Olympic programme
1946oldest: goalball
Austriamost common birthplace
Best documented

Main para sports

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All 33 para sports

33 sports
SportPart ofOriginFirst recordedOlympicDisciplines
Goalball Austria1946——
Bocciabocce Sweden1970s——
Wheelchair basketballbasketball———
Para ice hockeyice hockey———
Sitting volleyballvolleyball———
Wheelchair tennistennis———
Wheelchair rugbyrugby union———
Wheelchair curlingcurling———
Wheelchair fencingfencing———
Snowboard crosssnowboarding———
Para athleticsathletics——1
Blind soccerfutsal———
Para cyclingcycle sport———
CP footballseven-a-side football———
Para triathlontriathlon———
Powerchair footballassociation football———
Para judojudo———
Para biathlonbiathlon———
Para badmintonbadminton———
Para alpine skiingalpine skiing—1984—
Para table tennistable tennis———
Para swimmingcompetitive swimming———
Para equestrianequestrian sport———
Ice sledge racingice hockey———
Para cross-country skiingcross-country skiing———
Para canoecanoeing and kayaking———
Para powerliftingweightlifting———
Para taekwondotaekwondo———
Para snowboardsnowboarding——1
Para rowingrowing———
Para association footballassociation football———
Para archeryarchery———
Standing volleyballvolleyball———
† former Olympic sport, year of first appearance. Olympic years include appearances through disciplines.
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