According to the international paralympic committee (ipc), the first winter paralympics were held in sweden in 1976.

First winter paralympic games held. Rachel naylor speaks to two blind skiiing. The first ever paralympic games were held in rome, italy, in 1960. The very first paralympic games held in rome in 1960 featured 400 athletes from 23 countries.

The winter games were celebrated every four years on the same year as their summer counterpart, just as the olympics were. In 1976 the first winter games in. The very first paralympic games were in 1960 hosted by rome, taking place from the 18th to the 25th of september.

In 1948, there was a sporting. First founded as an archery contest for 16 disabled veterans, the games now rival the olympics as an athletic. The first paralympic games were held in rome, italy in 1960 and featured 400 athletes from 23.

The disabilities included were blindness and amputees. After that, beginning with the 1994 games, the winter paralympics and the winter olympics have been. The very first winter paralympic games took place in sweden in 1976, where nearly 200 athletes from 16 different countries completed for gold.

The first winter paralympic games were held in 1976 in örnsköldsvik, sweden. The first winter paralympic games (then called the first winter olympic games for the disabled) were held 16 years after the first summer paralympic games, in örnsköldsvik in sweden in. The winter games were first suggested by the swedish delegation at the annual general meeting of the international sports organisation for the disabled (isod) in 1974.

The first winter paralympic games were held in örnsköldsvik in sweden in 1976. Opening ceremony of the rome 1960 paralympic games. This was the first paralympics in which multiple categories of athletes with disabilities could compete.