Denmark at the Paralympics

Denmark at the
Paralympics
IPC code DEN
NPC Paralympic Committee Denmark
Website www.paralympic.dk
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Denmark made its Paralympic Games début at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv with a delegation of eight competitors, in swimming and table tennis. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, and in every edition of the Winter Games since 1980.[1]

Danish athletes have won a total of 293 Paralympic medals, of which 99 are gold. All but six of these have been won at the Summer Games. Denmark won its first ever medals in 1976, when Jorn Nielsen notably took three gold medals in track and field. The country was most successful in the 1980s, when it recorded its greatest medal hauls at the Summer Games, and in the 1990s - the only decade during which it won medals at the Winter Paralympics.[2]

Among Denmark's most successful athletes are Ingrid Lauridsen, who swept up six gold medals in athletics in 1984, followed by two more in 1988; Anders Christensen, winner of five gold medals in swimming in 1988; and Connie Hansen, who won a total of nine gold medals in athletics in 1988 and 1992.[3]

Denmark's Winter Paralympics medallists are:

  • Lars Nielsen: silver in the Men's Giant Slalom (B2 category) in 1992
  • Anne-Mette Bredahl-Christensen: gold in the Women's 7.5 km Free Technique (B1-3) in biathlon, and bronze in two cross-country skiing events, in 1994; then gold in the Women's 5 km Free Technique (B1) in cross-country skiing and bronze in the 7.5 km Free Technique (B1) in biathlon, in 1998.[4]

Medal tallies

Summer Paralympics

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
1968 Summer Paralympics0000-
1972 Summer Paralympics0000-
1976 Summer Paralympics303624th
1980 Summer Paralympics6471721st
1984 Summer Paralympics3013165910th
1988 Summer Paralympics2319226411th
1992 Summer Paralympics1222124611th
1996 Summer Paralympics717174124th
2000 Summer Paralympics88143019th
2004 Summer Paralympics5371529th
2008 Summer Paralympics324935th
2012 Summer Paralympics104550th
2016 Summer Paralympics124751st

Winter Paralympics

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
1980 Winter Paralympics0000-
1984 Winter Paralympics0000-
1988 Winter Paralympics0000-
1992 Winter Paralympics010118th
1994 Winter Paralympics102316th
1998 Winter Paralympics101216th
2002 Winter Paralympics0000-
2006 Winter Paralympics0000-
2010 Winter Paralympics0000-

See also

References

  1. ↑ Denmark at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ↑ Denmark at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. ↑ Denmark at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  4. ↑ Denmark at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
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