`` Big Dance 2012 '' was the largest cultural participation project of the London 2012 Festival Social_event , which was the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad Competition for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Competition .

The 2016 Summer Paralympics ( ) , the 15th Summer Paralympic Games Competition , were a major international multi-sport event Competition for athletes with disabilities governed Action by the International Paralympic Committee , held Hold in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , from 7 September to 18 September 2016 .

The 2016 Summer Paralympics ( ) , the 15th Summer Paralympic Games Competition , were a major international multi-sport event Competition for athletes with disabilities governed Action by the International Paralympic Committee , held Hold in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , from 7 September to 18 September 2016 .

These Games Competition saw the introduction Coming_to_be of two new sports to the Paralympic program : canoeing and the paratriathlon .

However , ticket sales began Process_start to increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale as the Games Competition drew Motion nearer , and over 2 million tickets were sold Commerce_sell in total—overtaking Beijing 2008 as the second-most-attended Paralympic Games Competition on record Recording .

A team of two refugee athletes also participated Participation in Rio , `` hosted Social_event '' by the Greek and American Paralympic Committees .

For the fourth consecutive Summer Paralympics , China topped Placing the medal table , winning Getting 107 gold medals , while Georgia , Kazakhstan , Malaysia , Uzbekistan , and Vietnam won their first ever Paralympic gold medals .

For the first time in Paralympic history , and the first time in the Olympics or Paralympics since 1960 , an athlete—Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad—died during competition Competition .

The 2018 Winter Paralympics ( ) , the 12th Paralympic Winter Games Competition , and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Competition , were an international multi-sport event Social_event for athletes with disabilities governed Control by the International Paralympic Committee ( IPC ) , that was held Hold in Pyeongchang County , Gangwon Province , South Korea , from 9 to 18 March 2018 .

The 2018 Winter Paralympics ( ) , the 12th Paralympic Winter Games Competition , and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Competition , were an international multi-sport event Social_event for athletes with disabilities governed Control by the International Paralympic Committee ( IPC ) , that was held Hold in Pyeongchang County , Gangwon Province , South Korea , from 9 to 18 March 2018 .

The 2018 Winter Paralympics ( ) , the 12th Paralympic Winter Games Competition , and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Competition , were an international multi-sport event Social_event for athletes with disabilities governed Control by the International Paralympic Committee ( IPC ) , that was held Hold in Pyeongchang County , Gangwon Province , South Korea , from 9 to 18 March 2018 .

569 athletes representing Presence 49 National Paralympic Committees participated Participation in these Games Competition , including newcomers Georgia , North Korea and Tajikistan .

In the Women 's sitting Placing giant slalom , Alana Nichols of the United States – a Paralympic champion in basketball from Beijing in 2008 – won her first of two skiing gold medals , becoming Becoming a rare winter-summer gold medalist .

Paddleability 's success Earnings_and_losses at these championships will hopefully push Causation for inclusion into future Paralympic level events .

The 1924 Games were `` the first games Competition ever '' for athletes with a disability , preceding the World Wheelchair and Amputee Games in 1948 , which became Becoming the Paralympic Games in 1960 but which did not include events for deaf athletes .

In a formal handover ceremony Social_event , the Paralympic flag was passed Giving from Boris Johnson , Mayor of London , to Eduardo Paes , Mayor of Rio de Janeiro , the host city of the 2016 Summer Paralympics .

During his closing Process_end speech Statement , International Paralympic Committee president Philip Craven congratulated Judgment_communication London for hosting `` the greatest Paralympic Games ever . ''

During his closing Process_end speech Statement , International Paralympic Committee president Philip Craven congratulated Judgment_communication London for hosting `` the greatest Paralympic Games ever . ''

Following the official closure of the Games , the Paralympic cauldron was extinguished by swimmer Eleanor Simmonds and sprinter Jonnie Peacock .