2022 Winter Paralympics

XII Paralympic Winter Games
Host city Beijing, China
Motto Joyful Rendezvous Upon Pure Ice and Snow
(Chinese: 纯洁的冰雪，激情的约会)
Opening 4 March
Closing 13 March
Stadium Beijing National Stadium
Winter
← PyeongChang 2018 2026 →
Summer
← Tokyo 2020 Paris 2024 →

The 2022 Winter Paralympics (Chinese: 第十三届冬季残疾人奥林匹克运动会), officially known as the XIII Paralympic Winter Games, is an international winter multi-sport event for disabled athletes that is scheduled to take place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 4 to 13 March 2022.

Beijing will become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Paralympics. These games will be the first Winter Paralympics held in China.

Sports

Competitions in the 2022 Winter Paralympics will be held in seven Winter Paralympic sports, with 81 medal events in total.

Venues

Paralympic clusters

Beijing Cluster

Olympic Green venues

Yanqing Cluster

Zhangjiakou Cluster

Branding

Emblem

The official emblem "Flying High" (飞得很高) was unveiled on 15 December 2017 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. It is an inspiration of a skater and skier with a ribbon motif and the Chinese character "飞" (fēi, means fly), with the Paralympic colors and the Chinese flag colors. The emblem was designed by Lin Cunzhen who also created the Olympic emblem and the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympics logo.[1]

Mascot

To be unveiled in 2020.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2022 unveils official Paralympic emblem". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
Preceded by
PyeongChang		 Winter Paralympics
Beijing
XIII Paralympic Winter Games (2022)		 Succeeded by
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