2006 Winter Paralympics

De **2006 Winter Paralympic Games** (Italian: *Giochi paralimpici invernali del 2006*), de ninth Paralympic Winter Games, take place insyd Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006.  Na dese be de first Winter Paralympic Games make dem hold insyd Italy. Na dem sanso be de first Paralympics make dem use de fresh Paralympics logo.

Italy go sanso host de Winter Paralympics insyd 2026, dem schedule make dem hold am insyd Milan den Cortina d'Ampezzo.

## Medal count

Dem list de top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals below. Dem highlight de host nation (Italy).

## Sports

De Games feature 58 medal events insyd five disciplines of four sports. As plus oda Paralympic Games, dem award medals give each classification within each event. De sport of wheelchair curling make ein Paralympic debut for dese games.

* Alpine skiing (24) 
*  Ice sledge hockey
* Nordic skiing
** Biathlon (12)
**  Cross-country skiing (20)
* Wheelchair curling (1)

## Venues

Na dem use five competition venues during de Winter Paralympics. Dem all host competitions during de 2006 Winter Olympics.

Na dem hold de Opening ceremonies for Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino den de closing wey na dem sanso hold de awarding ceremonies give de snow events insyd Turin for de Medals Plaza for Piaza Castello.

Na dem hold alpine skiing events for Sestriere. Na dem hold cross-country skiing den biathlon events wey de Cesana San Sicario complex share. Na dem accomodate all de skiing athletes insyd de Mountain Paralympic Village insyd Sestriere.

Na dem hold ice sledge hockey insyd Torino Esposizioni wey na dem hold wheelchair curling insyd Pinerolo Palaghiaccio. Na dem accomodate dese athletes insyd de Main Paralympic Village insyd Turin.

## Calendar

## National Paralympic Committees (NPC)s wey dey participate

Thirty-nine National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) athletes dem classify make dem compete for de 2006 Winter Paralympics. Na dis be increase of three from de 36 wey represent for de 2002 Winter Paralympics. De number insyd parentheses dey indicate de number of participants wey komot each NPC.

Note dat, although na dem schedule Greece make e compete, no Greek athlete take part insyd any event; de International Paralympic Committee no dey list Greece as dem enter any athlete insyd de Games, wey e dey consider say na der be thirty-eight NPCs for de Games, rather dan thirty-nine.

* Andorra (2)
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (10)
* Austria (25)
* Belarus (6)
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Canada (35)
* Chile (2)
* China (8)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (5)
* Denmark (6)
* Finland (7)
* France (19)
* Germany (35)
* Great Britain (20)
* Hungary (2)
* Iran (1)
* Italy (39) **(Host)**
* Japan (40)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* South Korea (3)
* Latvia (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Mongolia (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Norway (29)
* Poland (11)
* Russia (29)
* Slovakia (17)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (19)
* Switzerland (21)
* Ukraine (12)
* United States (56)

Total of 486 athletes participate insyd de Games, 385 male den 101 female. Dis be increase from de 430 athletes dem participate insyd 2002. Despite overall increase of delegates den athletes, de nations wey dey follow participate insyd de 2002 Winter Paralympics no send athletes to Turin.

* Estonia
* Netherlands

Na Mexico be de country per wey na dem send athlete to de Winter Paralympics buh dem no send to de Olympics.

## Oda information
Dese be de second Paralympic Games make dem hold insyd Italy, wich host de first Summer Paralympics insyd Rome for 1960 insyd.

Dese be de first Paralympic Games make e feature live webcast of events, host by ParalympicSport.TV.

De Games mascot be Aster, star-shaped snowflake similar insyd design wey na he be de younger bro to de Olympic mascots Neve den Gliz.

As dem be unable make dem fund de hosting dema selves, de Olympic organizing committee TOROC sell de rights off to company for estimated US$40 million.

## References


## External links

* Official website of Torino Paralympics 2006 → Archive copy at de Wayback Machine
* Torino 2006 Paralympic Games (English) → Archive copy at de Wayback Machine
* ParalympicSport.TV
* International Paralympic Committee