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The opening ceremony was attended by Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, President of Asian Paralympic Committee Dato' Zainal Abu Zarin and President of the International Paralympic Committee Philip Craven.
On June 7, 2006, Prince Edward, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family and patron of the British Paralympic Association, raised the flag of the Paralympic Games outside Vancouver City Hall.
Abebe Fekadu (born 1970), Ethiopian-Australian Paralympic weightlifter
Adepitan was appointed as one of the main presenters on Channel 4 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games and co-presents That Paralympic Show with Rick Edwards.
Akbar Muradov is an Azerbaijani paralympic sport shooter, bronze medalist of 2007 European Championships in Suhl and 2010 World Cup in Antalya and in Volmerange-les-Mines.
Alvise De Vidi (born in San Biagio di Callalta, 30 April 1966), is a paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.
In September 2008, the Paralympic swimmer Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo was the first native of the city to participate in these games, attending the Paralympic Games in Beijing 2008.
Fourth was Soviet sprint Tamara Pankova, whose country was making its first and only appearance at the Summer Paralympic Games.
Lord Coe appointed Ivan Corea as a London 2012 Olympic bid Ambassador; the Autism Awareness Campaign UK were fully involved with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic bid.
In 2010, he became the first Canadian athlete to be named to both Paralympic and Olympic teams.
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball Player Steve Serio graduated from Carle Place High School in 2005.
Charles Rozoy (born in Chenôve on 4 March 1987) is a Paralympic swimmer of France who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the men's S8 100m butterfly.
The Taipei Times reported that no reason was given for the ban, even after the Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee had requested an explanation from the IPC.
Shaquille Vance, 2012 U.S. Paralympic National Championship, gold medal (100m), silver medal (200m)
After Peters left the position CEO at Australian Paralympic Committee, he took a job at Macquarie University as the Director Campus Engagement.
Aimee Mullins - American Paralympic athlete, actress, and fashion model
Britain's first ever Paralympic gold medal was won by Margaret Maughan, in archery.
Raynsford was appointed to UK Anti-Doping's newly formed Athlete's Committee along with Paralympic swimmer Graham Edmunds, football player Clarke Carlisle and former England rugby union captain, Martin Corry.
In January 2010, Hellwig replaced Miles Murphy as Australian Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer.
Paralympic judo has been a Paralympic sport (for the visually impaired) since 1988; it is also one of the sports at the Special Olympics.
Július Hutka (Humenné) is a paralympic athlete from Slovakia competing mainly in category F57 shot putt and javelin events.
He has been joined as an ambassador by Lee Pearson, the nine-times Paralympic gold medallist and the actress Elizabeth Hurley.
Robin McKeever (born 1973), Canadian Paralympic and Olympic skier
In February 2010, Beighton attended a Paralympic talent identification day at Brunel University.
Together with crewmate Maureen McKinnon-Tucker, a paraplegic from Marblehead, Massachusetts, he won the Gold medal at the U.S. Paralympic trials in 2007 held off of Newport, Rhode Island.
Noga Nir-Kistler (May 18, 1979) is an Israeli born American Paralympic swimmer and table tennis player who won 2 silver medals at the 2007 Parapan American Games for table tennis singles and doubles.
Olga Sokolova (swimmer), Russian multiple Paralympic medalist, represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Every two years, the prize is awarded to personalities Paralympic who have made outstanding contributions to success on and fair play, from the third edition of the award is sponsored by VISA.
Each day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Park Live played host to numerous celebrities and medal-winning athletes including, Sir Chris Hoy, Jessica Ennis, Ben Ainslie, Rebecca Adlington, Dame Kelly Holmes, Denise Lewis OBE and Lord Sebastian Coe.
After London 2012, she was promoted to the position of Paralympic head coach, replacing Peter Eriksson.
Though similar in appearance, powerbocking is not to be confused with the use of prosthetic devices such as those used by paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius, the "Blade Runner".
Iraq War Veterans Kortney Clemons, Scott Winkler, Melissa Stockwell, and Carlos Leon, as little as a year after losing limbs and suffering paralysis fighting for their country in Iraq, have set out to do what many thought impossible; to compete in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.
During an interview with Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius on 6 September 2011, Bonnet asked about the ethnical issues associated with his partipication in the 4x400 relay during the World Championships in Daegu with Pistorius replying "I think that's an insult to me and I think this interview is over" and then left the studio afterwards.
He is a Founder Member of the Quarter Club, which raises over $250,000 per annum for Australian Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes.
Established in 2001, Paralympics New Zealand recognises individuals who have given outstanding service to the organisation and Paralympic sport by awarding them a Paralympics New Zealand Order of Merit, which Guthrey honoured in the inaugural year for his contribution of service to the Paralympic movement, replacing his life membership.
Rwanda has never won an Olympic medal, but Jean de Dieu Nkundabera won a Paralympic bronze medal for Rwanda in wheelchair racing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.
Shireen Sapiro (born 25 January 1991 in Krugersdorp) is a South African paralympics swimmer, most notable for her performance at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal for the 100 m backstroke.
April Holmes (born 1973), paralympic runner who holds the world records at 100, 200 and 400 meters.
Ben Newton, paralympic gold medallist and Order of Australia Medal awardee, graduated from SCU in 2010 with a Bachelor of Psychology with Honours (1st class).
Attending the opening ceremony on September 6 was Infanta Elena, President of the Spanish Paralympic Committee Miguel Carballeda, Minister Mercedes Cabrera, and several representatives from the Madrid Olympic Games Bidding Committee.
Stephanie Wheeler (born in Norlina, North Carolina on January 16, 1981) is an American wheelchair basketball player who was on two gold-medal winning Paralympic teams.
Stephen Muir is an Australian Paralympic amputee athletics competitor from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
Andrew "Taylor" Lipsett (born in Mesquite, Texas on January 2, 1987) is an ice sledge hockey player and Paralympic Gold and bronze medalist.
They first appeared on the Paralympic seen at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, despite women's wheelchair basketball being competed for at the Paralympics since 1968.
Lauren Woolstencroft, Canadian alpine skier and Paralympic Games gold medalist
Zhang Xiaoling (张小玲; born 1957), female Paralympic table tennis player
Although Yugoslavia never hosted the Paralympic Games, it did organise the first disabled skiing competition as an Olympic demonstration event when it hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.