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Faroe Islands at the Paralympics


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NPCnameThe Faroese Sport Organisation for Disabled
gamesParalympics
gold1
silver7
bronze5
summerappearances

The Faroe Islands first competed at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1984, and have competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. They have never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games.

The Faroe Islands have their own National Paralympic Committee and National Olympic Committee. They are, however, one of only two territories (along with Macau) to compete at the Paralympics but not at the Olympics. Faroese athletes compete as representatives of its mother country Denmark at the Olympic Games.

Faroese Paralympians have won a total of thirteen medals, of which one gold, seven silver and five bronze. Their most successful appearance was at the 1988 Games, where they won seven medals and Christina Næss won the Faroe Islands' first and only Paralympic gold medal, in the C3 100m backstroke in swimming.

The Faroe Islands have only ever sent swimmers to the Paralympics, with the exceptions of Heini Festirstein, who competed in table tennis in 1992, and Hávard Vatnhamar, who competed in the marathon (athletics) in 2020.

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Katrin Johansen1988 SeoulSwimming100m backstroke C8
Katrin Johansen1988 SeoulSwimming100m freestyle C8
Christina Næss1988 SeoulSwimming100m backstroke C3
Christina Næss1988 SeoulSwimming400m freestyle C3-4
Tóra við Keldu1988 SeoulSwimming100m butterfly L6
Tóra við Keldu1988 SeoulSwimming400m butterfly L6
Tóra við Keldu1988 SeoulSwimming100m freestyle L6
Tóra við Keldu1992 BarcelonaSwimming100m freestyle S10
Heidi Andreasen2000 SydneySwimming100m backstroke S8
Heidi Andreasen2000 SydneySwimming100m freestyle S8
Heidi Andreasen2000 SydneySwimming400m freestyle S8
Heidi Andreasen2000 SydneySwimming50m freestyle S8
Heidi Andreasen2004 AthensSwimming400m freestyle S8

References

References

  1. {{IPC medals
  2. [http://www.isf.fo/ Faroese Confederation of Sports and Olympic Committee]
  3. [[Macau at the Paralympics#]]
  4. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3688682.stm "Paralympic diary: Day eight"], BBC, September 25, 2004
  5. {{IPC medals
  6. {{IPC medals
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