Iceland at the Paralympics
Sporting event delegation
| Iceland at the Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | ISL |
| NPC | National Paralympic Committee of Iceland |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 46th |
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| Winter appearances | |
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]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | S. Karlsdóttir |  1980 Arnhem | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke E1 |
 Bronze | Jónas Óskarsson | 1980 Arnhem | Weightlifting | Men's middleweight -75kg amputee |
 Silver | Jónas Óskarsson |  / 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke A2 |
| Silver | Sigrún Pétursdóttir | / 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 25m backstroke C3 |
| Bronze | Haukur Gunnarsson | / 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Athletics | Men's 200m C7 |
| Bronze | Haukur Gunnarsson | / 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Athletics | Men's 400m C7 |
| Bronze | Sigrún Pétursdóttir | / 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 25m freestyle C3 |
| Bronze | A. Geirsdóttir | / 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke 3 |
| Bronze | Sigrún Pétursdóttir | / 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle C3 |
| Bronze | E. Bergmann | / 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke 5 |
| Bronze | Oddný Óttarsdóttir | / 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle C3 |
| Bronze | H. Gunnarsdóttir | / 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Table tennis | Women's singles L3 |
| Gold | Haukur Gunnarsson |  1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 100m C7 |
| Gold | Lilja Snorradóttir | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley A2 |
| Silver | Jónas Óskarsson | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke A2 |
| Silver | Geir Sverrisson | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke A8 |
| Bronze | Haukur Gunnarsson | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 200m C7 |
| Bronze | Haukur Gunnarsson | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 400m C7 |
| Bronze | Ólafur Eiríksson | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle L5 |
| Bronze | Ólafur Eiríksson | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly L5 |
| Bronze | Sóley Axelsdóttir | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle 4 |
| Bronze | Lilja Snorradóttir | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle A2 |
| Bronze | Lilja Snorradóttir | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke A2 |
| Gold | Geir Sverrisson |  1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB9 |
| Gold | Ólafur Eiríksson | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly S9 |
| Gold | Ólafur Eiríksson | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle S9 |
| Silver | Kristín Hákonardóttir | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley SM8 |
| Silver | Lilja Snorradóttir | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle S9 |
| Bronze | Geir Sverrisson | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 100m TS4 |
| Bronze | Haukur Gunnarsson | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 200m C7 |
| Bronze | Ólafur Eiríksson | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S9 |
| Bronze | Olafur Eiríksson | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM9 |
| Bronze | Birkir Gunnarsson | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle B1 |
| Bronze | Lilja Snorradóttir | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S9 |
| Bronze | Rut Sverrisdóttir | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke B3 |
| Bronze | Kristín Hákonardóttir | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S8 |
| Bronze | Lilja Snorradóttir | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S9 |
| Bronze | Lilja Snorradóttir | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 100m butterfly S9 |
| Bronze | Lilja Snorradóttir | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S9 |
| Bronze | Rut Sverrisdóttir | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley B3 |
| Gold | Ólafur Eiríksson | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly S9 |
| Gold | Pálmar Guðmundsson | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle S3 |
| Gold | Kristín Hákonardóttir | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S7 |
| Gold | Kristín Hakonardóttir | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB7 |
| Gold | Kristín Hákonardóttir | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley SM7 |
| Silver | Geir Sverrisson | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 100m T45-46 |
| Silver | Geir Sverrisson | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 200m T45-46 |
| Silver | Geir Sverrisson | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 400m T42-46 |
| Silver | Pálmar Guðmundsson | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S3 |
| Bronze | Ólafur Eiríksson | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM9 |
| Bronze | Birkir Gunnarsson | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke B1 |
| Bronze | Kristín Hákonardóttir | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S7 |
| Bronze | Kristín Hákonardóttir | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle MH |
| Gold | Kristín Hákonardóttir |  2000 Sydney | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S7 |
| Gold | Kristín Hákonardóttir | 2000 Sydney | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB7 |
| Bronze | Kristín Hákonardóttir | 2000 Sydney | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S7 |
| Bronze | Kristín Hákonardóttir | 2000 Sydney | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley SM7 |
| Gold | Kristín Hákonardóttir |  2004 Athens | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S7 |
| Silver | Jón Halldórsson | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 100m T35 |
| Silver | Jón Halldórsson | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 200m T35 |
| Silver | Kristín Hákonardóttir | 2004 Athens | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB7 |
| Gold | Jón Margeir Sverrisson | 2012 London | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle S14 |
See also
References
- ^ Iceland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ Iceland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ Iceland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
