The Paralympic Order is the highest tribute a person connected with the Paralympic Movement can achieve. It honours someone who has exemplified the Paralympic ideals through their actions, made remarkable strides in Paralympic Sport or rendered outstanding services the Paralympic cause. Please see below a list of past award winners.
2018 Paralympic Order
Patrick Jarvis (CAN)
Hee-Beom Lee (KOR)
Moon-soon Choi (KOR)
Hyungkoo Yeo (KOR)
Jooho Kim (KOR)
Jaeyoul Kim (KOR)
Kihong Kim (KOR)
2017 Paralympic Order
Ann Cody (USA)
Sir Philip Craven (GBR)
Paul DePace (USA)
Gerard Masson (FRA)
Karl Vilhelm Nielsen (DEN)
Jacques Rogge (BEL)
Miguel Sagarra (ESP)
2016 Paralympic Order
There were three Paralympic Orders and they were given to groups:
-to the Carioca people,
-to the City of Rio de Janeiro government representatives, its staff and volunteers,
-to Rio 2016 staff and volunteers.
Name | Title |
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Sylvana Mestre | former Chairperson of the IPC Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee (STC) |
Georgios Fountoulakis | President of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee |
Dr. Axel Bolsinger | Ophthalmologist Adviser and Classifier for the German National Paralympic Committee (NPC) |
Name | Title |
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Dmitry Kozak | Deputy Prime Minister of Russia |
Anatoly Pakhomov | Mayor of Sochi |
Alexander Tkachev | Governor of Krasnador |
Dmitry Chernyshenko | President of Sochi 2014 Organising Committee |
Oleg Syromolotov | Chief of Interagency Security Command Centre, Sochi 2014 |
Alexander Gorovoy | Deputy Chief of Interagency Security Command Centre, Sochi 2014 |
Vladimir Lukin | President of NPC Russia |
Name | Title |
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Bob Balk | former Chairperson of the IPC Athletes’ Council |
Michael Barredo | former President of IBSA |
Duncan Campbell | founder of wheelchair rugby |
Jonquil Solt | former Chairperson of the IPC Equestrian Committee and FEI Para Equestrian Technical Committee |
Name | Title |
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Lord Sebastian Coe | Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |
Sir Keith Mills | Deputy Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |
Paul Deighton | Chief Executive of the London 2012 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |
Chris Holmes MBE | Director of Paralympic Integration of the London 2012 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |
Boris Johnson | Mayor of London |
Name | Title |
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Matthias Berg | Seven-time Paralympian and former member of NPC Germany |
Luca Pancalli | Paralympian and President of NPC Italy |
Nabil Salem | Former President of NPC Egypt and African Paralympic Committee |
Randy Snow | 10-time US Open Champion and International Tennis Federation member |
Name | Title |
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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 |
Rusty Goepel | VANOC Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Name | Title |
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Valeriy Sushkevych | President of the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine |
Maura Strange | Executive Director and Secretary General of IWAS |
Pol Wautermartens | Former Chairperson of the IPC Powerlifting Sport Technical Committee |
Tony Sainsbury | Former Vice-President 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 IBSA |
Bob Fisher | Former Chairperson of the Football 7-a-Side Committee of the CPISRA |
Name | Title |
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Liu Qi | President 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 |
Tang Xiaoquan | President of the Executive Board and Vice President of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation, Executive Vice President of BOCOG |
Zhao Wenzhi | 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) |
Name | Title |
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Silas Chiang | Former Secretary General of the Hong Kong Disabled Sports Association and involved in the organization of FESPIC Games for over 25 years |
Spyros Stavrianopoulos | President of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee and promoter of sports for persons with a disability in Greece |
Name | Title |
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Dr. York Chow | Member of the international task force that formed the IPC in 1989. Former Vice President Policy and Planning on the IPC Executive Committee/Governing Board until 2005 |
Guiseppe Ferrari | Secretary General of the Committee for the Paralympic Winter Games of Torino 2006 (ComParTo) |
Dr. 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 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) |
Dr. 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) |
Name | Title |
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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) |
Dr. 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 Chinese NPC, the China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF) and Executive President of the Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee (BOCOG) |
Sir Albert Tricot | Founder of the Belgium NPC |
Dr. Whang, Youn Dai | Vice-President of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled (KOSAD) and founder of the ‘Whang Youn Dai Prize’ |
Name | Title |
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Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki | President of the ATHENS 2004 Organizing Committee (ATHOC) |
Ioannis Spanudakis | Managing Director of ATHOC |
Ioanna Karyofylli | General Manager of ATHOC |
Sir Ludwig Guttmann | Pioneer of sport for persons with a disability and founder of the Paralympic Movement |
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) |
Name | Title |
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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 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 |
Xavier Gonzalez | Paralympic Games Liaison Director and interim COO |
name | Title |
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Bob Garff | Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Salt Lake 2002 Organizing Committee (SLOC) |
Mitt Romney | Chief Executive Officer and President of SLOC |
Fraser Bullock | Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of SLOC |
Bob McCullough | Past President of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF) |
Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper | Past IPC Chairperson Science Committee and President of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) |
Dr. Gertrude Krombholz | Past IPC Chairperson Wheelchair Dance Sport |
Hans Lindström | Past IPC Technical Officer and Regional Representative Europe |
Name | Title |
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Dr. Robert Steadward | Past IPC President |
Dr. Michael Riding | Past IPC Medical Officer |
André Auberger | Past IPC Treasurer |
Elisabeth Dendy | Past President of CPISRA |
Lina Faria | Past President of CPISRA |
Enrique Sanz | Past President of IBSA |
Guillermo Cabezas | Past President of the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD) |
Sir Harry Fang | Founding Father of the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (FESPIC) |
Walter Tröger | International Olympic Committee (IOC) Delegate Member for Disabled Sport |
George Dunstan | Past IPC Regional Representative South Pacific |
Gilbert Felli | IOC Sports Director |
Name | Title |
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Dr. John Grant | President Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Organizing Committee (SPOC) |
Name | Title |
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Joan Scruton | Past Secretary General of ISMWSF |
Name | Title |
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Goro Yoshimura | President of the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Games Organizing Committee (NAPOC) |
Tasuku Tsukada | Mayor of Nagano |
Yoshifumi Ihara | Deputy Secretary General of NAPOC |
Name | Title |
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Juan Antonio Samaranch | IOC President |
Andrew Fleming | President of the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games Organizing Committee (APOC) |
Name | Title |
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Gerhard Heiberg | President of the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Games Organizing Committee (LPOC) |
John Magdall | Managing Director of LPOC |
Lill-Unni Ostern | Office Manager of LPOC |
Rolf Jenssen | Venues Consultant of LPOC |