Iceland at the Paralympics explained

Npc:ISL
Npcname:National Paralympic Committee of Iceland
Games:Paralympics
Rank:46
Gold:15
Silver:13
Bronze:34

Iceland made its Paralympic Games début at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, where it fielded thirteen athletes, who won two medals (a gold and a silver). Since then, the country has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics.[1]

Despite its climate, and despite having participated in every edition (bar one) of the Winter Olympics, Iceland has been a highly infrequent participant in the Winter Paralympic Games. It made its Winter Paralympics début at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, sending just one representative, Svanur Ingvarsson in ice sledge speed racing. The country was then absent from the Winter Paralympics for sixteen years, before making its return at the 2010 Games in Vancouver - again with just one athlete, Erna Friðriksdóttir in alpine skiing.[2]

Icelandic athletes have won a total of sixty-one Paralympic medals, all at the Summer Games: fourteen gold, thirteen silver and thirty-four bronze. This places Iceland in forty-seventh place on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.[3]

Medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
S. Karlsdóttir Women's 50m breaststroke E1
Men's middleweight -75kg amputee
Men's 100m backstroke A2
Women's 25m backstroke C3
Men's 200m C7
Men's 400m C7
Women's 25m freestyle C3
A. Geirsdóttir Women's 50m breaststroke 3
Women's 50m freestyle C3
E. Bergmann Women's 100m breaststroke 5
Women's 100m freestyle C3
H. Gunnarsdóttir Women's singles L3
Men's 100m C7
Women's 200m individual medley A2
Men's 100m backstroke A2
Men's 100m breaststroke A8
Men's 200m C7
Men's 400m C7
Men's 400m freestyle L5
Men's 100m butterfly L5
Women's 100m freestyle 4
Women's 100m freestyle A2
Women's 100m backstroke A2
Men's 100m breaststroke SB9
Men's 100m butterfly S9
Men's 400m freestyle S9
Women's 200m individual medley SM8
Women's 400m freestyle S9
Men's 100m TS4
Men's 200m C7
Men's 100m freestyle S9
Men's 200m individual medley SM9
Men's 400m freestyle B1
Women's 50m freestyle S9
Women's 100m backstroke B3
Women's 100m backstroke S8
Women's 100m backstroke S9
Women's 100m butterfly S9
Women's 100m freestyle S9
Women's 200m individual medley B3
Men's 100m butterfly S9
Men's 200m freestyle S3
Women's 100m backstroke S7
Women's 100m breaststroke SB7
Women's 200m individual medley SM7
Men's 100m T45-46
Men's 200m T45-46
Men's 400m T42-46
Men's 100m freestyle S3
Men's 200m individual medley SM9
Men's 100m backstroke B1
Women's 100m freestyle S7
Women's 50m freestyle MH
Women's 100m backstroke S7
Women's 100m breaststroke SB7
Women's 100m freestyle S7
Women's 200m individual medley SM7
Women's 100m backstroke S7
Men's 100m T35
Men's 200m T35
Women's 100m breaststroke SB7
Men's 200m freestyle S14

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=ISL&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Iceland at the Paralympics
  2. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=ISL&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Iceland at the Paralympics
  3. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=ISL&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Iceland at the Paralympics