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 Games Competition marked Recording the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted Social_event the event Competition , the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation , the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney , and also the first time a Lusophone ( Portuguese-speaking ) country hosted Social_event the event Competition .

The lead-up Process_start to these Paralympics were met with financial shortcomings attributed Causation to tepid sponsor interest and ticket sales , which resulted in Causation cuts Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to volunteer staffing and transport , the re-location of events Competition and the partial deconstruction Destroying of the Deodoro venue cluster .

The Russian doping Committing_crime scandal Committing_crime also affected Influence these Paralympics ; unlike the Olympics , which selectively allowed Preventing_or_letting Russian athletes to participate Participation , the entire Russian team was banned Preventing_or_letting from the Paralympics .

The Russian doping Committing_crime scandal Committing_crime also affected Influence these Paralympics ; unlike the Olympics , which selectively allowed Preventing_or_letting Russian athletes to participate Participation , the entire Russian team was banned Preventing_or_letting from the Paralympics .

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 .

They were the second Paralympics to be held Hold in South Korea , following the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul .

They were the second Paralympics to be held Hold in South Korea , following the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul .

Host nation South Korea placed Placing 16th with 3 total medals and won its first gold and first bronze at in Winter Paralympics .

The alpine skiing Motion competition Competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics Competition will be held Hold at Whistler , British Columbia .

On 18 March , Viviane Forest became Becoming the first Canadian athlete to win Getting a gold in both the Winter and Summer Paralympics Competition , by winning Getting the Women 's Downhill for Visually Impaired Influence .

She had previously won gold in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics Competition for women 's goalball .

The closing Process_end ceremony Social_event of the 2012 Summer Paralympics , also known as The Festival of the Flame , was held Hold on 9 September at the Olympic Stadium in London .

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 .