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List of recipients of the Paralympic Order

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The following is a list of recipients of the Paralympic Order.

The Paralympic Order is the highest award of the Paralympic Movement, since 1994. The recipients get a medal with the IPC logo on it. The Paralympic Order is awarded to individuals for particularly distinguished contribution to the Paralympic Movement.[1][2]

Before 2003, the Paralympic Order was given out in three categories: Gold, Silver and Bronze.[3][4]

Recipients

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1990s

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Year Name Title NPC Lvl.
1994 Gerhard Heiberg President of the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee and (LOCOG) Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Games Organizing Committee (LPOC) Norway
John Magdal Managing director of LPOC Norway
Lill-Unni Østern Office Manager of LPOC Norway
Rolf Jenssen Venues Consultant of LPOC Norway
1996 Juan Antonio Samaranch President of the International Olympic Committee IOC Spain
Andrew Fleming[5] President of the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games Organizing Committee (APOC) United States
1998 Goro Yoshimura President of the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Games Organizing Committee (NAPOC) Japan
Tasuku Tsukada Mayor of Nagano Japan
Yoshifumi Ihara Deputy Secretary General of NAPOC Japan
1999 Joan Scruton Past Secretary General of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF) Great Britain

2000s

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Year Name Title NPC Lvl.
2000 John Grant President of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Organizing Committee (SPOC) Australia
2001 Robert Steadward First President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Canada
Michael Riding Past IPC Medical Officer
André Auberger Past IPC Treasurer
Elisabeth Dendy Past President of the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) Great Britain
Lina Faria Past President of CPISRA
Enrique Sanz Past President of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)
Guillermo Cabezas Past President of the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD)
Harry Fang Founding Father of the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (FESPIC) China
Walter Tröger International Olympic Committee (IOC) Delegate Member for Disabled Sport
George Dunstan Past International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Regional Representative South Pacific Australia
Gilbert Felli IOC Sports Director
2002 Bob Garff[4] Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Salt Lake 2002 Organizing Committee (SLOC)
Mitt Romney[4] Chief executive Officer and President of SLOC United States
Fraser Bullock[4] Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of SLOC United States
Bob McCullough[4] Past president of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF) Australia
Gudrun Doll-Tepper[4] Past IPC chairperson of the science committee and president of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE)
Gertrude Krombholz[4] Past IPC chairperson Wheelchair Dance Sport
Hans Lindström[4] Past IPC technical officer and regional representative Europe
2003 Yasuhiro Hatsuyama Former IPC Executive Committee member and East Asia Representative
Colin Rains President of the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA)
Hector Ramirez Past President of the Pan American Wheelchair Sport Federation, President of the Argentine Paralympic Committee (COPAR)
Donald Royer President of the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association
Jean Stone Technical Secretary to the IPC Sports Council, Women in Sport Committee
Carl Wang Chairperson of the Norwegian Sports Organization for the Disabled and President of the European Paralympic Committee Norway
Xavier Gonzalez Paralympic Games Liaison Director and interim COO
2004 Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki President of the Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (ATHOC) Greece
Ioannis Spanudakis Managing director of ATHOC
Ioanna Karyofylli General Manager of ATHOC
Ludwig Guttmann Pioneer of sport for persons with a disability and founder of the Paralympic Movement Germany
Organizacion Nacional de Ciegos (ONCE) For their involvement in the Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games, their support of the Paralympic Movement in Spain and their contributions to the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Spain
2005 Jack Benedick Former athlete; World Championship and Paralympic Games Technical Delegate. Chairperson of IPC Alpine Skiing. Board of Directors of the US Ski and Snowboard Association
Birgitta Blomquist Past representative to a variety of sport federations (Swimming Committee Chairperson 1984-1992 and Wintersport Committee Chairperson 1986–1992)
Chris Cohen Chairperson of the IPC Athletics Executive Committee
Leen Coudenys IPC Executive Assistant
Ian Harrison, MBE President of the International Foundation for Disabled Sailing (IFDS)
Robert Jackson Past director, vice-president and president of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation from 1972 until 1984
Carol Mushett Past IPC Technical Officer of the IPC Executive Committee
Enrique Perez Past President of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) and President of the World Blind Union
Deng Pufang President of the National Paralympic Committee of China, the China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF) and Executive President of the Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee (BOCOG) China
Albert Tricot Founder of the Belgian Paralympic Committee
Whang Youn Dai Vice-president of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled (KOSAD) and founder of the ‘Whang Youn Dai Prize
2006 York Chow Member of the international task force that formed the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in 1989; former Vice President Policy and Planning on the IPC Executive Committee/Governing Board until 2005
Giuseppe Ferrari Secretary General of the Organizing Committee for the Paralympic Winter Games of Torino 2006 (ComParTo)
Björn Hedman Current member of the IPC Medical and Anti-Doping Committee; IPC Medical Officer and member of the IPC Executive Committee/Governing Board (2001 to 2005)
Fred Jansen Current Chairperson of the IPC Sports Council; former member of the IPC Executive Committee/Governing Board (1998 to 2005). Co-opted as a member of the IPC GB in March 2006
Tiziana Nasi President of the Organizing Committee for the Paralympic Winter Games of Torino 2006 (ComParTo)
Juan Palau Former President of the International Sports Organisation for the Disabled (ISOD) and IOSD Representative on the IPC Executive Committee/Governing Board from (1993 to 2005)
Bob Price Former Chairperson of the British Paralympic Association. President of the European Paralympic Committee (2001 to 2005) and former member of the IPC Executive Committee/ Governing Board (2001 to 2005)
François Terranova Former Chairperson of the Paralympic Games Liaison Committee since 1997; former Vice President of Paralympic Games on the IPC Executive Committee/Governing Board (1997 to 2005)
Cesare Vaciago Chief executive Officer of the Organizing Committee for the XX Olympic Winter Games (TOROC)
2007 Silas Chiang Former Secretary General of the Hong Kong Disabled Sports Association and involved in the organization of the FESPIC Games for over 25 years
Spyros Stavrianopoulos First president of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee and promoter of sports for persons with a disability in Greece.
2008 Liu Qi Former mayor of Beijing,resident of the Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee (BOCOG), Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the CPC Beijing Committee
Hui Liangyu Vice Premier of the State Council, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
Liu Yandong Vice-president of BOCOG, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, State Councilor
Chen Zhili Vice-president of BOCOG, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Deng Pufang President of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF), Executive President of BOCOG, Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
Liu Peng Executive President of BOCOG, Minister of the General Administration of Sport of China, President of the Chinese Olympic Committee
Guo Jinlong Mayor of Beijing, Executive President of BOCOG China
Tang Xiaoquan President of the Executive Board and Vice President of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation, Executive Vice President of BOCOG
Zhao Wenshi Deputy of Paralympic Games Command Center, Vice Chairperson of CPPCC Beijing Committee
Manolo Romero Managing director of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS)
Anne Ebbs Former Secretary General of the Paralympic Council of Ireland (PCI)
2009 Valeriy Sushkevych President of the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine
Maura Strange Executive Director and Secretary General of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS)
Pol Wautermartens Former Chairperson of the IPC Powerlifting Sport Technical Committee
Tony Sainsbury Former Vice-President of IWBF Europe and five-time Chef de Mission of the British Team for the Paralympics
Jerry Johnston Founder of the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing (CADS)
Jens Bromann Former President of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)
Bob Fisher[6] Former Chairperson of the Football 7-a-Side Committee of the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA)

2010s

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Year Name Title NPC
2010 John Furlong CEO of the Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee (VANOC)
Dena Coward VANOC Paralympic Games Director
Jack Poole VANOC Chairman of the Board of Directors (posthumous award)
Rusty Goepel VANOC Chairman of the Board of Directors
2011[7] Matthias Berg Seven-time Paralympian. Member of the National Paralympic Committee of Germany (2011).
Luca Pancalli President of the National Paralympic Committee of Italy (2011). Eight-time Paralympian. Commissioner of the Italian Football Federation (2011).
Nabil Salem Former president of the National Paralympic Committee of Egypt; former president of the African Paralympic Committee; former vice president of the International Paralympic Committee.
Randy Snow Three-time Paralympian and first Paralympian to be inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame (2004).[8]
2012 Sebastian Coe Chair of London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)
Paul Deighton CEO of LOCOG
Chris Holmes Director of Paralmypic Integration of LOCOG
Boris Johnson Mayor of London during the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Keith Mills Deputy chair of LOCOG
2013 Bob Balk Former Chairman of the IPC Athletes’ Council [9]
Michael Barredo[9] Former president of International Blind Sports Federation Philippines
Duncan Campbell Wheelchair rugby inventor [9]
Jonquil Solt Former chairwoman of the Equestrian Committee of the International Paralympic Committee [9]
2014 Dmitry Chernyshenko President of Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee (SOOC)
Alexander Gorovoy Deputy Chief of Interagency Security for the 2014 Winter Olympics
Dmitry Kozak Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
Vladimir Lukin President of Russia Paralympic Committee
Anatoly Pakhomov Mayor of Sochi
Oleg Syromolotov Chief of Interagency Security for the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alexander Tkachov Governor of Krasnodar Krai
2015 Dr. Axel Bolsinger Ophthalmologist for the National Paralympic Committee Germany [10]
Georgios Fountoulakis President of Hellenic Paralympic Committee [10]
Sylvana Mestre Former chairwoman of the alpine skiing IPC committee [10]
2016 The citizens of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil For "outstanding support" of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[11][12] Brazil
The people of the Rio de Janeiro government
The volunteers and staff of the 2016 Summer Olympics
2017 Ann Cody United States
Sir Philip Craven United Kingdom
Paul DePace United States
Gerard Masson France
Karl Vilhelm Nielsen Denmark
Jacques Rogge Belgium
Miguel Sagarra Spain
2018 Patrick Jarvis Canada
Lee Hee-beom South Korea
Choi Moon-soon South Korea
Yeo Hyungkoo South Korea
Kim Jooho South Korea
Kim Jaeyoul South Korea
Kim Kihong South Korea
2019 Jose Luis Campo
Greg Hartung[13] Australia
Alan Dickson
Rudi van den Abbeele
Bassam Qasrawi
Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa
Georg Schlachtenberger

2020s

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Year Name Title NPC
2021 Seiko Hashimoto President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee (TOCOG) Japan
Toshirō Mutō Secretary-General of TOCOG
Tamayo Marukawa Minister of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Yuriko Koike Governor of Tokyo
Mitsunori Torihara Chairman of Japan Paralympic Committee (JPC)
Tarō Asō Former Vice PM and Former PM of Japan
Yoshirō Mori Former CEO of TOCOG
Yoshihide Suga PM of Japan

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Paralympian - Issue 1/2010 Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, The Paralympian page 14, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  2. ^ Paralympic Order, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  3. ^ China's Deng Pufang wins IPC top award, Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee, November 21, 2005
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Paralympic Family Members Decorated with Medals Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, The Paralympian No. 2 / 2002
  5. ^ 1996 ATLANTA PARALYMPIC GAMES - Final look: Record-breaking international competition, The Atlanta Journal, August 26, 1996
  6. ^ "Paralympic Awards Winners Honoured in Kuala Lumpur". International Paralympic Committee. 21 November 2009.
  7. ^ "IPC Honours Good and Great at Paralympic Awards Gala in Beijing". International Paralympic Committee. 10 December 2011.
  8. ^ "U.S. Paralympics - Features, Events, Results - Team USA". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d Butler, Nick (23 November 2013). "Vergeer and Weir gain top honours at IPC Sport Awards". Inside the Games.
  10. ^ a b c "Paralympic Award winners announced". International Paralympic Committee. 14 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Rio Paralympics 2016: Closing ceremony tribute for Bahman Golbarnezhad". BBC Sport. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Obrigado Brazil! People to receive highest honour". IPC. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Hartung awarded top Paralympic honour". Paralympics Australia. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.