Iceland at the Paralympics

Iceland made its Paralympic Games début at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, where it fielded thirteen athletes, who won two medals (a gold and a silver). Since then, the country has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics.[1]

Iceland at the
Paralympics
IPC codeISL
NPCIcelandic Sports Association for the Disabled
Websitewww.ifsport.is
Medals
Ranked 46th
Gold
14
Silver
13
Bronze
34
Total
61
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Despite its climate, and despite having participated in every edition (bar one) of the Winter Olympics, Iceland has been a highly infrequent participant in the Winter Paralympic Games. It made its Winter Paralympics début at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, sending just one representative, Svanur Ingvarsson in ice sledge speed racing. The country was then absent from the Winter Paralympics for sixteen years, before making its return at the 2010 Games in Vancouver - again with just one athlete, Erna Friðriksdóttir in alpine skiing.[2]

Icelandic athletes have won a total of sixty-one Paralympic medals, all at the Summer Games: fourteen gold, thirteen silver and thirty-four bronze. This places Iceland in forty-seventh place on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.[3]

Medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
 GoldS. Karlsdottir 1980 ArnhemSwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke E1
 BronzeJonas Oskarson 1980 ArnhemWeightliftingMen's middleweight -75kg amputee
 SilverJonas Oskarson/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New YorkSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke A2
 SilverSigrun Petursdottir/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New YorkSwimmingWomen's 25m backstroke C3
 BronzeHaukur Gunnarsson/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New YorkAthleticsMen's 200m C7
 BronzeHaukur Gunnarsson/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New YorkAthleticsMen's 400m C7
 BronzeSigrun Petursdottir/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New YorkSwimmingWomen's 25m freestyle C3
 BronzeA. Geirsdottir/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New YorkSwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke 3
 BronzeSigrun Petursdottir/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New YorkSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle C3
 BronzeE. Bergmann/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New YorkSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke 5
 BronzeOddny Ottarsdottir/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New YorkSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle C3
 BronzeH. Gunnarsdottir/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New YorkTable tennisWomen's singles L3
 GoldHaukur Gunnarsson 1988 SeoulAthleticsMen's 100m C7
 GoldLilja Snorradottir 1988 SeoulSwimmingWomen's 200m individual medley A2
 SilverJonas Oskarson 1988 SeoulSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke A2
 SilverGeir Sverrisson 1988 SeoulSwimmingMen's 100m breaststroke A8
 BronzeHaukur Gunnarsson 1988 SeoulAthleticsMen's 200m C7
 BronzeHaukur Gunnarsson 1988 SeoulAthleticsMen's 400m C7
 BronzeOlafur Eiriksson 1988 SeoulSwimmingMen's 400m freestyle L5
 BronzeOlafur Eiriksson 1988 SeoulSwimmingMen's 100m butterfly L5
 BronzeSoley Axelsdottir 1988 SeoulSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle 4
 BronzeLilja Snorradottir 1988 SeoulSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle A2
 BronzeLilja Snorradottir 1988 SeoulSwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke A2
 GoldGeir Sverrisson 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingMen's 100m breaststroke SB9
 GoldOlafur Eiriksson 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingMen's 100m butterfly S9
 GoldOlafur Eiriksson 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingMen's 400m freestyle S9
 SilverKristin Hakonardottir 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingWomen's 200m individual medley SM8
 SilverLilja Snorradottir 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingWomen's 400m freestyle S9
 BronzeGeir Sverrisson 1992 BarcelonaAthleticsMen's 100m TS4
 BronzeHaukur Gunnarsson 1992 BarcelonaAthleticsMen's 200m C7
 BronzeOlafur Eiriksson 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S9
 BronzeOlafur Eiriksson 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley SM9
 BronzeBirkir Gunnarsson 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingMen's 400m freestyle B1
 BronzeLilja Snorradottir 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle S9
 BronzeRut Sverrisdottir 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke B3
 BronzeKristin Hakonardottir 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke S8
 BronzeLilja Snorradottir 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke S9
 BronzeLilja Snorradottir 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingWomen's 100m butterfly S9
 BronzeLilja Snorradottir 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle S9
 BronzeRut Sverrisdottir 1992 BarcelonaSwimmingWomen's 200m individual medley B3
 GoldOlafur Eiriksson 1996 AtlantaSwimmingMen's 100m butterfly S9
 GoldPalmar Gudmundsson 1996 AtlantaSwimmingMen's 200m freestyle S3
 GoldKristin Hakonardottir 1996 AtlantaSwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke S7
 GoldKristin Hakonardottir 1996 AtlantaSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke SB7
 GoldKristin Hakonardottir 1996 AtlantaSwimmingWomen's 200m individual medley SM7
 SilverGeir Sverrisson 1996 AtlantaAthleticsMen's 100m T45-46
 SilverGeir Sverrisson 1996 AtlantaAthleticsMen's 200m T45-46
 SilverGeir Sverrisson 1996 AtlantaAthleticsMen's 400m T42-46
 SilverPalmar Gudmundsson 1996 AtlantaSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle S3
 BronzeOlafur Eiriksson 1996 AtlantaSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley SM9
 BronzeBirkir Gunnarsson 1996 AtlantaSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke B1
 BronzeKristin Hakonardottir 1996 AtlantaSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle S7
 BronzeKristin Hakonardottir 1996 AtlantaSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle MH
 GoldKristin Hakonardottir 2000 SydneySwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke S7
 GoldKristin Hakonardottir 2000 SydneySwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke SB7
 BronzeKristin Hakonardottir 2000 SydneySwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle S7
 BronzeKristin Hakonardottir 2000 SydneySwimmingWomen's 200m individual medley SM7
 GoldKristin Hakonardottir 2004 AthensSwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke S7
 SilverJón Halldórsson 2004 AthensAthleticsMen's 100m T35
 SilverJón Halldórsson 2004 AthensAthleticsMen's 200m T35
 SilverKristin Hakonardottir 2004 AthensSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke SB7
 GoldJon Margeir Sverrisson 2012 LondonSwimmingMen's 200m freestyle S14

See also

References
  1. Iceland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. Iceland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. Iceland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
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