Unified Team at the Paralympics
Unified Team at the Paralympics | |
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IPC code | EUN |
Summer appearances | |
Other related appearances | |
Soviet Union (1988) Estonia (1992–) Latvia (1992–) Lithuania (1992–) Belarus (1994–) Kazakhstan (1994–) Russia (1994–2014) Armenia (1996–) Azerbaijan (1996–) Kyrgyzstan (1996–) Moldova (1996–) Ukraine (1996–) Turkmenistan (2000–) Tajikistan (2004–) Uzbekistan (2004–) Georgia (2008–) Neutral Paralympic Athletes (2018) RPC (2020-2022) |
The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of 11 former constituent republics of the Soviet Union[1] (excluding Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, and Lithuania) at the 1992 Winter Paralympics in Albertville[2] and the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona.[3] The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée.
The Paralympic Flag was used in place of a national flag at the Opening Ceremony and at medals ceremonies, and the Paralympic Hymn was played for gold medallists.
Details[]
For details of the Unified Team's participation, see:
Participating countries[]
Country (former Soviet republic) |
IOC code (1994–) |
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Armenia | ARM |
Azerbaijan | AZE |
Belarus | BLR |
Kazakhstan | KAZ |
Kyrgyzstan | KGZ |
Moldova | MDA |
Russia | RUS |
Tajikistan | TJK |
Turkmenistan | TKM |
Ukraine | UKR |
Uzbekistan | UZB |
Performance[]
- The Unified Team finished third to the United States and Germany in the overall medal tally at Albertville with 10 golds, 8 silvers, and 3 bronzes; 21 medals in total[1]
- The team finished eighth at Barcelona with 16 golds, 14 silvers, and 15 bronzes; 45 medals in total
(Note, however, that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) does not officially recognise national medal totals.)
Athletes[]
Athletes competing for the Unified team at the 1992 Summer and 1992 Winter Paralympic Games.[4]
Summer Games[]
- Men
- Archery
- Athletics
- Sergei Khodakov
- Sergei Sevastianov
- Sergey Shilov
- Cycling
- Goalball
- Judo
- Powerlifting
- Swimming
- Albert Bakaev
- Aleksei Kapoura
- Vitalii Krylov
- Table Tennis
- Volleyball
- Women
- Archery
- Athletics
- Rimma Batalova
- Olga Churkina
- Tamara Sivakova
- Swimming
Winter Games[]
- Men
- Alpine skiing
- Biathlon
- Afanasiev
- Bogdanov
- Seleznev
- Cross-country skiing
- Afanasiev
- Bogdanov
- Seleznev
- Women
- Alpine skiing
- Cross-country skiing
- Chirkova
- Nazarenko
See also[]
- Unified Team at the Olympics
- Independent Paralympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Korean Unification Flag
- CIS national football team
References[]
- ^ a b Tigns-Alvertville 1992, Canadian Paralympic Committee
- ^ 1992 winter paralympics participants
- ^ Barcelona Paralympics participation
- ^ Athlete Search Results, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- Nations at the Paralympics
- Unified Team at the Paralympics
- Unified Team at multi-sport events
- Sport in the Commonwealth of Independent States