Paralympics

English Paralympic Games Etymology en para- Olympics as in en paraplegia or en parallel (as preferred by the International Paralympic Committee itself, according to Snopes)en Lee Jessica August 24, 2021 What Does the 'Para' In 'Paralympics' Stand For? https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/paralympics-name-meaning/ Snopes https://web.archive.org/web/20251117054351/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paralympics-name-meaning/ 17 November 2025en Paralympics History - Evolution of the Paralympic Movement https://www.paralympic.org/ipc/history International Paralympic Committee IPC https://web.archive.org/web/20261001053643/https://www.paralympic.org/ipc/history 1 October 2026, itself from en Olympic -s<id:pluralia tantum>. Proper noun 1 en sports en Paralympic Games an international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue. en Funds sought for ‘Paralympian’ trip Nick B[oddie] Williams w:Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, Calif. w:Times Mirror Company 20 August 1964 LXXXIII 250 part III (Sports) 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84072587/paralympian/ 2–3 634549976 At present, however, the Long Beach resident has more than records on his mind, mainly getting a representative U.S. team to the 1964 "paralympics" to be held in Tokyo Nov. 8–12. [Frank] Vecera is on a fund-raising drive for the six California athletes selected to perform on this year's team. The tab for transporting the six to Tokyo is $3,900. en 2012-08-21 Paralympic flames light up countdown to biggest Games in history Alexandra Topping w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/21/paralympic-flames-countdown-biggest-games The flames will then be joined together next week at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, the home of the Paralympics, and the united flame will make its final journey to London for the opening of the 14th Paralympic Games next Wednesday. The lighting ceremonies mark the start of the biggest Paralympics in history, which will see 4,200 Paralympians from 165 nations compete in London in sports including wheelchair racing, athletics, blind football and wheelchair rugby, and pit their wills against the finest talents in the world. https://web.archive.org/web/20261013132730/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/21/paralympic-flames-countdown-biggest-games 13 October 2026 Coordinate terms en Deaflympic en Olympic Related terms en Paralympiad en Paralympian en Paralympic en Paralympic Games en Paras Translations synonym of Paralympic Games Paralympic Games Czech: cs paralympiáda f Finnish: fi paralympialaiset p French: fr Paralympiques German: de Paralympics n-p Hungarian: hu paralimpia Italian: it Polish: pl paraolimpiada f Portuguese: pt Paraolimpíadas f-p, pt Jogos Paraolímpicos m-p Russian: ru Паралимпиа́да f, ru Параолимпиа́да f Spanish: es Juegos Paralímpicos m-p Swedish: sv Paralympics References en terms prefixed with para- terms suffixed with -ics