2018 Winter Paralympics

XII Paralympic Winter Games

Location	Pyeongchang, South Korea
Motto	Passion. Connected. (Korean: 하나된 열정.)
Nations	49
Athletes	569
Events	80 in 6 sports
Opening	9 March
Closing	18 March
Opened by	Moon Jae-in President of South Korea
Closed by	Andrew Parsons President of the International Paralympic Committee
Cauldron	Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok
Stadium	Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
Winter ← Sochi 2014 Beijing 2022 → Summer ← Rio 2016 Tokyo 2020 → 2018 Winter Olympics

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The 2018 Winter Paralympics (Korean: 2018년 동계 패럴림픽; RR: 2018nyeon Donggye Paereollimpik), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 18 March 2018. They were the second Paralympics to be held in South Korea, following the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul.

569 athletes representing a record 49 National Paralympic Committees participated in these Games, including 3 newcomers Georgia, North Korea and Tajikistan. Following its debut as disciplines under the Alpine programme in Sochi, snowboarding was expanded into a separate sport with 8 additional events.