Belgium at the Paralympics

Belgium made its Paralympic Games début at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, 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 except 1980, 1998 and 2002.Belgium at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Belgian athletes have won a total of 98 Paralympic medals, of which 27 gold, 37 silver and 34 bronze, placing it 25th on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.Belgium at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Belgium's best result at the Summer Games came in 1984, when it finished 12th on the medal table, with its largest ever haul of medals: 57, of which 22 gold. Its worst result came in 2008, with just one bronze medal, placing it 69th on the medal table.

At the Winter Games, Belgium has won two bronze medals: a bronze obtained by Willy Mercier in the Men's Super-G (B1 category) in alpine skiing in 1994 and Eléonor Sana won a bronze medal in the women's visually impaired downhill in 2018.

Medals All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Summer Paralympic Games EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalRanking 1960 Rome 1 1 1 3 14th 1964 Tokyo 1 0 2 3 14th 1968 Tel Aviv 0 3 3 6 20th 1972 Heidelberg 1 1 2 4 23rd 1976 Toronto 7 7 8 22 17th 1980 Arnhem 13 12 17 42 13th 1984 New York City 1984 Stoke Mandeville 21 23 14 58 13th 1988 Seoul 15 18 8 41 17th 1992 Barcelona 5 5 7 17 21st 1996 Atlanta 8 10 7 25 22nd 2000 Sydney 1 4 4 9 42nd 2004 Athens 3 2 2 7 36th 2008 Beijing 0 0 1 1 69th 2012 London 3 1 3 7 36th 2016 Rio de Janeiro 5 3 3 11 25th 2020 Tokyo 4 3 8 15 31st 2024 Paris 7 4 3 14 20th Total 95 97 93 285 25th

Winter Paralympic Games EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalRanking 1976 Örnsköldsvik 0 0 0 0 — 1984 Innsbruck 0 0 0 0 — 1988 Innsbruck 0 0 0 0 — 1992 Tignes-Albertville 0 0 0 0 — 1994 Lillehammer 0 0 1 1 22nd 1998 Nagano did not compete 2002 Salt Lake City did not compete 2006 Turin 0 0 0 0 — 2010 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 — 2014 Sochi 0 0 0 0 — 2018 Pyeongchang 0 0 1 1 25th 2022 Beijing 0 0 0 0 — 2026 Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo Total 0 0 2 2 32

Multi medallists Belgian multi medallists who have won at least three medals. No. Athlete Sport Years Games Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Paul Van Winkel1980-19883F741122Michèle George2012-20244F71083Alex Hermans1980-20006M61184Benny Govaerts1988-20045M41275Peter Genyn2016-20243M32166Ingrid Borre1984-19964F32057Laurens Devos2016-20243M30038Kurt Van Raefelghem1992-20044M12259Gino De Keersmaeker1996-20084M1203Steve Orens1996-20002M120311Ewoud Vromant2020-20242M030312Alain Ledoux1984-19964M0033

See also Belgium at the Olympics

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