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| The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Winter Paralympics, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to March 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. These were the first Paralympic Winter Games for Andorra, Chile, thePeople’s Republic of China, Croatia, Greece, and Hungary. Ragnhild Myklebust of Norwaywon five gold medals in skiing and biathlon, becoming the most successful Winter Paralympic athlete of all times with 22 medals, 17 of them gold. |
Monday, 27 August 2012
Logo and Brief History of Paralympics-2002 Courtesy Wikipedia
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