Paralympic Games

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international sporting event multi-sport event parasport competition recurring sporting event

The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event featuring athletes with disabilities, held shortly after and in parallel with the Olympic Games.

Aliases (12)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international sporting event → multi-sport event → parasport competition → recurring sporting event →
aimsTo	promote inclusion of people with disabilities in sport → showcase elite athletic performance by athletes with disabilities →
broadcastIn	multiple countries worldwide →
classificationSystem	disability sport classification →
countryOfHeadquartersOfGoverningBody	Germany →
firstHeldIn	Rome →
follows	Olympic Games →
founder	Ludwig Guttmann →
frequency	every four years →
governingBody	International Paralympic Committee →
hasClosingCeremony	Paralympic closing ceremony →
hasCompetitionLevel	elite →
hasEventCategories	individual events → team events →
hasMedalTypes	bronze medal → gold medal → silver medal →
hasMotto	Spirit in Motion →
hasOfficialLanguage	English → French → host country language →
hasOpeningCeremony	Paralympic opening ceremony →
hasPart	Summer Paralympic Games → Winter Paralympic Games →
headquartersLocationOfGoverningBody	Bonn →
heldAfter	Olympic Games →
heldInParallelWith	Olympic Games →
inception	1960 →
includesParticipantsWith	intellectual impairments → physical disabilities → visual impairments →
organisedBy	International Paralympic Committee →
originatedFrom	Stoke Mandeville Games →
participantType	athletes with disabilities →
precededBy	Stoke Mandeville Games →
relatedTo	Deaflympics → Olympic Games → Special Olympics World Games →
scope	global →
shortName	Paralympics →
sportType	parasport →
symbol	Paralympic Agitos →
typicalDuration	about two weeks →
usesAntiDopingRules	World Anti-Doping Code →
usesEmblem	three Agitos symbol →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Olympic Games → Paralympic Games ("Summer Paralympic Games") → Paralympic Games ("Winter Paralympic Games") →	hasPart
Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games → Someity →	associatedWith
ParalympicsGB ("summer Paralympic Games") → ParalympicsGB ("winter Paralympic Games") →	eventType
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ("Summer Paralympic Games") → United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ("Winter Paralympic Games") →	overseesEventParticipation
2016 Summer Olympics ("2016 Summer Paralympics") → 2028 Summer Olympics ("2028 Summer Paralympics") →	paralympics
2006 Winter Paralympics → 2022 Winter Paralympics →	partOf
BBC Sport →	coversSport
2006 Winter Paralympics ("Paralympic Games in Europe") →	hasCategory
Winter Olympics ("Winter Paralympics") →	hasParalympicCounterpart
2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony →	hasSportingContext
Special Olympics →	isDifferentFrom
Games Wide Open ("Paris 2024 Paralympic Games") →	mottoOf
CBC Sports →	notableCoverage
Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games ("Paralympic Games organisation") →	operatesInSector
International Paralympic Committee ("Summer Paralympic Games") →	organizes
International Paralympic Committee →	oversees
2020 Summer Olympics ("2020 Summer Paralympics") →	paralympicGames
1994 Winter Paralympics →	partOfSeries
Olympic Games →	relatedEvent
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games →	scope
Paralympic Games ("Paralympics") →	shortName
Bridgestone →	sponsors
ParalympicsGB →	sportingEvent
TPE →	usedInContext
Chinese Taipei →	usedInContextOf