Fact Zone

The Fact Zone contains FAQ-style information about the British Paralympic Association and the history of the Paralympic movement. You will also find summary information about the wide range of sports at the summer and winter Paralympics and links to the International Paralympic Committee’s excellent site full of detailed facts and trivia about each sport.

The Paralympics and the BPA
A brief overview.

Paralympics sports history
How it all began and how it has grown.

The Summer and Winter Paralympics
Classification and links to the sports.

Paralympic Winter sport

Follow ParalympicsGB in 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games.

The Paralympic Winter Games coverage 2010

The Paralympic Winter sports handbook 2010">The Team Handbook

Web links for the Winter games

Beijing 2008

Below we hope that you will find some useful information on the Beijing Paralympic Games held from the 6 to 17 September 2008. This should help you to continue to develop your Paralympic curriculum programme whatever level you are at no matter how small or how big.

glorious_games

The official report and results. A truly memorable account of the Beijing games.

guide

Find out more about each sport, and who can take part.

Paralympic poster
Examples of past and present posters with powerful images.

Paralympic GB team Beijing
Sport by sport guide of athletes details.

Paralympic athletes by region and county
Which athletes live or were born in your region?

Paralympic GB Beijing Handbook
A comprehensive guide including the history, background, sports, biographies, results from Athens and much more...

Photos

GB Paralympic team photo
Opening ceremony fireworks photo
Beijing birds nest stadium photo
Opening ceremony dancers photo
Rowing (new Paralympic sport in 2008 games) (1)
Rowing (new Paralympic sport in 2008 games) (2)
Rowing (new Paralympic sport in 2008 games) (3)

Web links for Beijing: