New Zealand at the Paralympics

New Zealand at the
Paralympics
IPC code NZL
NPC Paralympics New Zealand
Website paralympics.org.nz
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).

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

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Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1968 Tel-Aviv121418
1972 Heidelberg333918
1976 Toronto7151318
1980 Arnhem7672019
1984 New York81062423
1988 Seoul24111730
1992 Barcelona510623
1996 Atlanta9631819
2000 Sydney6841825
2004 Athens6131016
2008 Beijing5341224
2012 London6741721
2016 Rio de Janeiro9572112
Total745758189

Medals by Winter Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1980 Geilo0000
1984 Innsbruck131511
1988 Innsbruck010113
1992 Tignes-Albertsville200211
1994 Lillehammer303610
1998 Nagano411611
2002 Salt Lake City402610
2006 Turin0000
2010 Vancouver100115
2014 Sochi010116
2018 PyeongChang102316
Total16693114

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 9 6 0 15
Eve Rimmer 8 5 1 14
Jennifer 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 0 1 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)
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