Switzerland at the Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Switzerland at the
Paralympics

IPC code| SUI
NPC| Swiss Paralympic Committee
Website| www.swissparalympic.ch
Medals|

Gold
146
Silver
156
Bronze
152
Total
454
Summer appearances

* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Winter appearances

* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Switzerland made its Paralympic Games début at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960 (sending just two athletes, who nonetheless won four medals), and has participated in every edition of the Summer Paralympics. It also took part in the inaugural Winter Paralympics in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, and has competed in every edition of the Winter Games.[1]

Swiss athletes have won a total of 380 Paralympic medals, of which 117 gold, 133 silver and 130 bronze, placing the country 17th on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table. The country has won 228 medals at the Summer Games, and 152 at the Winter Games.[2]

Switzerland's best result at the Summer Games came in 1984, when its athletes won 43 medals, of which 18 gold. Its worst result in terms of medal haul came in 1964, with just one silver medal, but it had sent a delegation of just one athlete (archer Caroline Troxler-Kung). Its highest ranking was 13th, in 1960; its lowest was 40th, in 2004. The country placed 2nd on the medal chart at the inaugural Winter Games in 1976, its best result, winning 10 gold medals. Swiss athletes also won 10 gold medals in 1998, but their highest medal haul over all came in 1988, when they took 37 medals (of which 5 gold). The country's poorest result was in 2006, when for the first time the Swiss failed to win a gold medal, and finished 13th on the medal chart, with one silver and a bronze.[3]

Switzerland's most successful athlete, and one of the most successful Paralympians of all times, is wheelchair athlete Heinz Frei, who since his début in 1984 has won fifteen gold medals, eight silver, and twelve bronze, in track events, road cycling, and cross-country skiing. He has, in particular, won the Paralympic marathon for his disability category on two occasions, in 1984 and in 1992.[4] In addition, wheelchair athlete Franz Nietlispach, over the course of his career from 1976 to 2004, won fourteen gold medals, six silver and one bronze in track events, from sprinting to long-distance running, as well as a bronze medal in road cycling. At the 1984 Games, he managed a virtually clean sweep of the six individual racing events he entered, winning gold in five, but taking "only" silver in the 100 metres, where he was beaten by D. Barret (full name not recorded) of the United States. At the 1988 Games, Nietlispach won six gold medals in individual races, including the 5,000 metres (though he was again beaten in the 100 metres).[5] Rolf Heinzmann, for his part, won twelve gold medals and two silver in alpine skiing between 1980 and 2002, including a clean sweep of the downhill, slalom, giant slalom and Super-G in 1998.[6]

## Medals by Summer Games[edit]

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Games| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1960 Rome| 1| 3| 0| 4
1964 Tokyo| 0| 1| 0| 1
1968 Tel-Aviv| 0| 2| 6| 8
1972 Heidelberg| 3| 2| 4| 9
1976 Toronto| 10| 12| 10| 32
1980 Arnhem| 9| 10| 10| 29
1984 Stoke Mandeville New York| 18| 13| 12| 43
1988 Seoul| 12| 12| 11| 35
1992 Barcelona| 6| 16| 13| 35
1996 Atlanta| 9| 6| 6| 21
2000 Sydney| 8| 4| 8| 20
2004 Athens| 2| 6| 8| 16
2008 Beijing| 3| 2| 6| 11
2012 London| 3| 6| 4| 13
2016 Rio de Janeiro| 2| 2| 1| 5
2020 Tokyo| 7| 4| 3| 14
Totals (16 entries)| 93| 101| 102| 296

## Winter Paralympics[edit]

Games| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1976 Winter Paralympics| 10| 1| 1| 12
1980 Winter Paralympics| 4| 2| 4| 10
1984 Winter Paralympics| 5| 16| 16| 37
1988 Winter Paralympics| 8| 7| 8| 23
1992 Winter Paralympics| 3| 8| 4| 15
1994 Winter Paralympics| 2| 9| 5| 16
1998 Winter Paralympics| 10| 5| 8| 23
2002 Winter Paralympics| 6| 4| 2| 12
2006 Winter Paralympics| 0| 1| 1| 2
2010 Winter Paralympics| 1| 2| 0| 3
2014 Winter Paralympics| 1| 0| 0| 1
2018 Winter Paralympics| 3| 0| 0| 3
2022 Winter Paralympics| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 53| 55| 50| 158

## See also[edit]

* Switzerland at the Olympics

## References[edit]

1. ^ Switzerland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
2. ^ Switzerland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
3. ^ Switzerland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
4. ^ "Heinz Frei". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
5. ^ "Franz Nietlispach". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
6. ^ "Rolf Heinzmann". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
7. ^ "Switzerland Summer Paralympics". Retrieved 26 August 2012.

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National sports teams of Switzerland

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* Football
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* M
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* M
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* M
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* W U-20
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Asia|

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Europe|

* Albania
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Oceania|

* Australia
* Winter
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
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Other|

* Independent Paralympic Participants
* Individual Paralympic Athletes
* Neutral Paralympic Athletes
* Refugee Paralympic Team
* RPC
* Unified Team

Historical|

* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Rhodesia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

1 Israel has been a member of the European Paralympic Committee (EOC) since 1994.
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