New Zealand at the Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
New Zealand at the
Paralympics
IPC codeNZL
NPCParalympics New Zealand
Websiteparalympics.org.nz
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
96
Silver
66
Bronze
70
Total
232
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

New Zealand has sent delegations to the Summer Paralympics since 1968, and to the Winter Paralympics since 1980. The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with physical and sensorial disabilities. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, following the Olympic Games, and are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).[1]

Medals

Medals by Summer Games

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1968 Tel-Aviv1214
1972 Heidelberg3339
1976 Toronto71513
1980 Arnhem76619
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York810725
1988 Seoul241117
1992 Barcelona5106
1996 Atlanta96318
2000 Sydney68418
2004 Athens61310
2008 Beijing53412
2012 London67417
2016 Rio de Janeiro95721
2020 Tokyo63312
Totals (14 entries)806061201

Medals by Winter Games

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1980 Geilo0000
1984 Innsbruck1315
1988 Innsbruck0101
1992 Tignes-Albertsville2002
1994 Lillehammer3036
1998 Nagano4116
2002 Salt Lake City4026
2006 Turin0000
2010 Vancouver1001
2014 Sochi0101
2018 PyeongChang1023
2022 Beijing1124
Totals (12 entries)1771135

Medals by Summer Sport

Source:[2]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery 1 1 0 2
Athletics 37 30 27 94
Boccia 0 1 0 1
Cycling 2 3 7 12
Dartchery 0 1 0 1
Equestrian 1 1 0 2
Lawn Bowls 1 0 1 2
Shooting 1 0 4 5
Swimming 30 20 16 66
Weightlifting 0 0 2 2
Wheelchair Rugby 1 0 1 2
Total 74 57 58 189

Medals by Winter Sport

Source:

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Alpine skiing 17 7 10 34
Total 17 7 10 34

Top medallists

The following competitors have won at least three gold medals, or at least five medals overall

Name Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sophie Pascoe 11 7 1 19
Eve Rimmer 8 5 1 14
Jenny Newstead 7 2 1 10
Peter Martin 4 1 2 7
Patrick Cooper 4 1 1 6
Duane Kale 4 1 1 6
Dennis Miller 4 0 1 5
Matthew Butson 3 1 0 4
Rachael Battersby 3 0 0 3
Cameron Leslie 3 0 0 3
Patricia Hill 2 3 3 8
Graham Condon 2 2 2 6
Mary Fisher 2 2 1 5
Roly Crichton 1 3 2 6
Laura Thompson (pilot) 1 2 2 5

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand Paralympics Medals"(accessed 24 April 2011)
  2. ^ "Team New Zealand - Profile | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2021-08-24.
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1 Israel has been a member of the European Paralympic Committee (EOC) since 1994.