United States at the Paralympics

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United States at the
Paralympics
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IPC codeUSA
NPCUnited States Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

The United States (USA) has participated in every Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. The United States is first on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.

The United States was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York. It also hosted the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta and the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City.

Medal tables[edit]

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games[1][edit]

  Host country (United States)

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Italy 1960 Rome 11 7 7 25 5
Japan 1964 Tokyo 50 41 32 123 1
Israel 1968 Tel-Aviv 33 27 33 99 1
Germany 1972 Heidelberg 17 27 30 74 2
Canada 1976 Toronto 66 44 45 155 1
Netherlands 1980 Arnhem 75 66 53 194 1
United Kingdom 1984 Stoke Mandeville/ United States1984 New York 136 131 129 396 1
South Korea 1988 Seoul 92 90 91 273 1
Spain 1992 Barcelona 75 52 48 175 1
United States 1996 Atlanta 47 46 65 158 1
Australia 2000 Sydney 36 39 34 109 5
Greece 2004 Athens 27 22 39 88 4
China 2008 Beijing 36 35 28 99 3
United Kingdom 2012 London 31 29 38 98 6
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 40 44 31 115 4
Japan 2020 Tokyo
France 2024 Paris
United States 2028 Los Angeles
Total 772 700 703 2175 1

Medals by Winter Games[2][edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Sweden 1976 Örnsköldsvik 0 0 0 0 -
Norway 1980 Geilo 4 1 1 6 6
Austria 1984 Innsbruck 7 14 14 35 5
Austria 1988 Innsbruck 7 17 6 30 6
France 1992 Tignes-Albertville 19 16 9 45 1
Norway 1994 Lillehammer 24 12 7 43 3
Japan 1998 Nagano 13 8 13 34 3
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 10 22 11 43 2
Italy 2006 Turin 7 2 3 12 5
Canada 2010 Vancouver 4 5 4 13 6
Russia 2014 Sochi 2 7 9 18 8
South Korea 2018 PyeongChang 13 15 8 36 1
China 2022 Beijing
Total 109 119 85 313 3

Records[edit]

Summer Paralympics[edit]

Multi medalists[edit]

Athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals at the Summer Paralympics. Bold athletes are athletes who are still active.

No. Athlete Sport Years Games Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Trischa Zorn Swimming 1980-2004 7 F 41 9 5 55
2 Jessica Long Swimming 2004-2016 4 F 14 6 4 24
3 Erin Popovich Swimming 2000-2008 3 F 14 5 0 19
4 Bart Dodson Athletics 1984-2000 5 M 13 3 4 20
5 John Morgan Swimming 1984, 1992 2 M 13 2 0 15
5 Elizabeth Scott Swimming 1992-2000 3 F 10 2 5 17
6 Edward Owen Athletics
Swimming		 1964-1988 7 M 9 2 2 13
7 Tatyana McFadden Athletics 2004-2016 4 F 7 6 3 16
8 Jean Driscoll Athletics 1988-2000 4 F 5 3 4 12
9 Brad Snyder Swimming 2012-2016 2 M 5 2 0 7
10 Marla Runyan Athletics 1992-1996 2 F 5 1 0 6
11 David Larson Athletics 1988-2000 4 M 5 0 3 8
12 Dennis Oehler Athletics 1988-1996 3 M 4 3 3 10
13 Brian Frasure Athletics 2000-2008 3 M 4 3 2 9
14 Tony Volpentest Athletics 1992-2000 3 M 4 1 0 5
15 Paul Nitz Athletics 1992-2012 6 M 4 0 1 5
16 Danny Andrews Athletics 2000-2008 3 M 4 0 0 4
16 Raymond Martin Athletics 2012 1 M 4 0 0 4
18 David Wagner Wheelchair tennis 2004-2016 4 M 3 3 2 8
19 Freeman Register Athletics 1992-2000 3 M 3 1 2 6
20 Kelley Becherer Swimming 2008-2012 2 F 3 0 4 7
21 Justin Zook Swimming 2004-2012 3 M 3 0 1 4
22 Royal Mitchell Athletics 2000-2008 3 M 3 0 0 3
22 Jeremy Campbell Athletics 2008-2012 2 M 3 0 0 3
24 Ross Davis Athletics 1992-2000 3 M 2 4 3 9
25 Cheri Madsen Athletics 1996-2016 6 F 2 4 2 8
26 Roy Perkins Swimming 2008-2016 3 M 2 3 3 8
27 Scot Hollonbeck Athletics 1992-2004 4 M 2 3 0 5
28 Gregory Burns Swimming 1996-2000 3 M 2 2 1 5
28 Marlon Shirley Athletics 2000-2008 3 M 2 2 1 5
30 Karissa Whitsell Cycling 2004-2008 2 F 2 1 2 5
31 Cortney Jordan Swimming 2008-2016 3 F 1 8 3 12
32 Amanda McGrory Athletics 2008-2016 3 F 1 2 4 7
33 Cheri Blauwet Athletics 2000-2008 3 F 1 1 4 6
34 Aimee Bruder Swimming 1996-2008 4 F 0 1 4 5

Multi golds at single Games[edit]

This is a list of athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered categorically by gold medals earned, sports then year.

No. Athlete Sport Year Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics
1 David Larson Athletics 1992 M 4 0 0 4
Marla Runyan Athletics 1992 F 4 0 0 4
3 Danny Andrews Athletics 2004 M 3 0 0 3
4 Dennis Oehler Athletics 1988 M 3 0 1 4
5 Jean Driscoll Athletics 1996 F 2 1 1 4
6 Curt Brinkman Athletics 1980 M 2 1 0 3
Joe Gaetani Athletics 1992 M 2 1 0 3
8 Maureen Gaynor Athletics 1988 F 2 0 0 2
Cycling
1 Karissa Whitsell
Guide: Katie Compton		 Cycling 2004 F 2 1 1 4
2 Barbara Buchan Cycling 2008 F 2 0 0 2
Swimming
1 Trischa Zorn Swimming 1988 F 12 0 0 12
2 John Morgan Swimming 1992 M 8 2 0 10
3 Erin Popovich Swimming 2004 F 7 0 0 7
Elizabeth Scott Swimming 1992 F 7 0 0 7
5 Jessica Long Swimming 2012 F 5 2 1 7
6 McKenzie Coan Swimming 2016 F 3 1 0 4
Rebecca Meyers Swimming 2016 F 3 1 0 4
Brad Snyder Swimming 2016 M 3 1 0 4
9 Gregory Burns Swimming 1996 M 2 1 0 3
10 Kelley Becherer Swimming 2012 F 2 0 2 4
Wheelchair tennis
1 Randy Snow Wheelchair tennis 1992 M 2 0 0 2
Multiple sports
1 Ed Owen Athletics 1968 M 4 0 1 7
Swimming 2 0 0
2 Sharon Hedrick Athletics 1980 F 3 1 0 5
Wheelchair basketball 0 0 1

Multi medals at single event[edit]

This is a list of athletes who have won at least three medals in a single event at the Summer Paralympics. Ordered categorically by medals earned, sports then gold medals earned.

No. Athlete Sport Event Years Games Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Trischa Zorn Swimming 100m backstroke 1980-2004 7 F 5 1 1 7
2 Jessica Long Swimming 400m freestyle 2004-2016 4 F 3 1 0 4
3 Ross Davis Athletics 100 metres 1992-2000 3 M 2 1 0 3
Bart Dodson Athletics 200 metres 1992-2000 3 M 2 1 0 3
Rudy Garcia-Tolson Swimming 200m individual medley 2004-2012 3 M 2 1 0 3
Roy Perkins Swimming 50m butterfly 2008-2016 3 M 2 1 0 3
7 David Larson Athletics 400 metres 1988-1996 3 M 2 0 1 3

Most appearances[edit]

This is a list of athletes who have competed in four or more Summer Paralympics. Active athletes are in bold. Athletes who were aged under 15 years of age and over 40 years of age in bold.

No. Athlete Sport Birth Year Games Years First/Last Age Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Pamela Fontaine Table tennis
Wheelchair basketball		 1964 1984-2016 20 - 52 F 0 1 1 2
2 Trischa Zorn Swimming 1964 1980-2004 16 - 40 F 44 9 5 55
3 Lex Gillette Athletics 1984 2004-2016 20 - 32 M 0 4 0 4

Winter Paralympics[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "United States Summer Paralympics". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. ^ "United States Winter Paralympics". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
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