Belgium at the Paralympics

Belgium at the Paralympics
IPC code	BEL
NPC	Belgian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.be
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 88 Silver 93 Bronze 92 Total 273
Summer appearances
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Belgium made its Paralympic Games début at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, and has participated in every edition of the Summer Paralympics. It also took part in the inaugural Winter Paralympics in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, and has competed in every edition of the Winter Games except 1980, 1998 and 2002.^[1]

Belgian athletes have won a total of 98 Paralympic medals, of which 27 gold, 37 silver and 34 bronze, placing it 25th on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.^[2]

Belgium's best result at the Summer Games came in 1984, when it finished 12th on the medal table, with its largest ever haul of medals: 57, of which 22 gold. Its worst result came in 2008, with just one bronze medal, placing it 69th on the medal table.^[3]

At the Winter Games, Belgium has won two bronze medals: a bronze obtained by in the Men's Super-G (B1 category) in alpine skiing in 1994 ^[4] and Eléonor Sana won a bronze medal in the women's visually impaired downhill in 2018.

Multi medallists[]

Belgian multi medallists who have won at least three medals.^[5]

No.	Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Alex Hermans	Athletics	1980-2000	6	M	6	1	1	8
2	Michèle George	Equestrian	2012-2020	3	F	5	1	0	6
3	Benny Govaerts	Athletics	1988-2004	5	M	4	1	2	7
4		Table tennis	1984-1996	4	F	3	2	0	5
5	Kurt Van Raefelghem	Athletics	1992-2004	4	M	1	2	2	5
6	Gino De Keersmaeker	Athletics	1996-2008	4	M	1	2	0	3
	Steve Orens	Athletics	1996-2000	2	M	1	2	0	3
8	Alain Ledoux	Table tennis	1984-1996	4	M	0	0	3	3

Medals[]

Summer Paralympic Games[]

Winter Paralympic Games[]

See also[]

• Belgium at the Olympics

References[]