United States at the Paralympics
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| United States at the Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | USA |
| NPC | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee |
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| Medals Ranked 1st |
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The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, has participated in every Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and is currently first on the all-time medal table. The nation used to be a dominant Paralympic power in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, but has steadily declined since the 1990s to a point where it finished sixth in the 2012 Summer Paralympics medal count. The team then improved to a fourth-place finish in 2016, and third in 2020, and unexpectedly finished first at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The United States was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York. It also hosted the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta and 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City.
Medal tables
- Red border color indicates host nation status.
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Medals by summer sport Leading in that sport
The United States has never won a Paralympic medal in the following current summer sport or discipline: football 5-a-side. |
Medals by winter sport Leading in that sport
The United States has never won a Paralympic medal in the following current winter sport: wheelchair curling. |
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Best results in non-medalling sports:
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| Sport | Rank | Athlete | Event & Year |
| File:Football 5-a-side pictogram (Paralympics).svg Football 5-a-side | Did not participate | ||
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| Sport | Rank | Athlete | Event & Year |
| File:Wheelchair curling pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair curling | 4th | Augusto Perez Patrick McDonald James Pierce Jacqui Kapinowski James Joseph Steve Brown |
Mixed tournament in 2010 |
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Flagbearers
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Records
Summer Paralympics
Multi-medalists
Athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals at the Summer Paralympics. Bold athletes are athletes who are still active.
| No. | Athlete | Sport | Years | Games | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Trischa Zorn | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 1980–2004 | 7 | F | 41 | 9 | 5 | 55 |
| 2 | Jessica Long | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2004–2020 | 5 | F | 16 | 8 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | Erin Popovich | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2000–2008 | 3 | F | 14 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 4 | Bart Dodson | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1984–2000 | 5 | M | 13 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | John Morgan | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 1984, 1992 | 2 | M | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Elizabeth Scott | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 1992–2000 | 3 | F | 10 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Edward Owen | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming |
1964–1988 | 7 | M | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Tatyana McFadden | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2004–2020 | 5 | F | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Brad Snyder | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2012–2020 | 3 | M | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Jean Driscoll | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1988–2000 | 4 | F | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Marla Runyan | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1992–1996 | 2 | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | David Larson | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1988–2000 | 4 | M | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | Dennis Oehler | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1988–1996 | 3 | M | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Brian Frasure | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2000–2008 | 3 | M | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 | Tony Volpentest | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1992–2000 | 3 | M | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Paul Nitz | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1992–2012 | 6 | M | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Danny Andrews | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2000–2008 | 3 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Raymond Martin | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2012 | 1 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | David Wagner | File:Wheelchair tennis - Paralympic pictogram.svg Wheelchair tennis | 2004–2016 | 4 | M | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 19 | Freeman Register | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1992–2000 | 3 | M | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Mallory Weggemann | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2012–2020 | 3 | F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Nick Mayhugh | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2020 | 1 | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | Kelley Becherer | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2008–2012 | 2 | F | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | Justin Zook | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2004–2012 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Royal Mitchell | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2000–2008 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Jeremy Campbell | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2008–2012 | 2 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Ross Davis | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1992–2000 | 3 | M | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 27 | Cheri Madsen | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1996–2016 | 6 | F | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 28 | Roy Perkins | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2008–2016 | 3 | M | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 29 | Scot Hollonbeck | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1992–2004 | 4 | M | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | Gregory Burns | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 1996–2000 | 3 | M | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Marlon Shirley | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2000–2008 | 3 | M | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 32 | Karissa Whitsell | File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling | 2004–2008 | 2 | F | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 33 | Cortney Jordan | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2008–2016 | 3 | F | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| 34 | Amanda McGrory | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2008–2016 | 3 | F | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 35 | Cheri Blauwet | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2000–2008 | 3 | F | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 36 | Aimee Bruder | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 1996–2008 | 4 | F | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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Multi-gold medalists at single Games
This is a list of athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered categorically by gold medals earned, sports, then year.
| No. | Athlete | Sport | Year | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | David Larson | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1992 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Marla Runyan | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1992 | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Danny Andrews | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 2004 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Dennis Oehler | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1988 | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Jean Driscoll | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1996 | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Curt Brinkman | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1980 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Joe Gaetani | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1992 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | Maureen Gaynor | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1988 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 1 | Karissa Whitsell Guide: Katie Compton |
File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling | 2004 | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Barbara Buchan | File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling | 2008 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 1 | Trischa Zorn | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 1988 | F | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | John Morgan | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 1992 | M | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Erin Popovich | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2004 | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Elizabeth Scott | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 1992 | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 5 | Jessica Long | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2012 | F | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | McKenzie Coan | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2016 | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Rebecca Meyers | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2016 | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Brad Snyder | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2016 | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9 | Gregory Burns | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 1996 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Kelley Becherer | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2012 | F | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Wheelchair tennis | ||||||||
| 1 | Randy Snow | File:Wheelchair tennis - Paralympic pictogram.svg Wheelchair tennis | 1992 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Multiple sports | ||||||||
| 1 | Ed Owen | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1968 | M | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Sharon Hedrick | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1980 | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| File:Wheelchair basketball - Paralympic pictogram.svg Wheelchair basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Multi-medalists at single event
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This is a list of athletes who have won at least three medals in a single event at the Summer Paralympics. Ordered categorically by medals earned, sports, then gold medals earned.
| No. | Athlete | Sport | Event | Years | Games | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Trischa Zorn | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 100m backstroke | 1980–2004 | 7 | F | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Jessica Long | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 400m freestyle | 2004–2016 | 4 | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Ross Davis | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 100 metres | 1992–2000 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Bart Dodson | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 200 metres | 1992–2000 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rudy Garcia-Tolson | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 200m individual medley | 2004–2012 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Roy Perkins | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 50m butterfly | 2008–2016 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | David Larson | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 400 metres | 1988–1996 | 3 | M | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Athletes with most appearances
Summer Paralympics
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This is a list of athletes who have competed in four or more Summer Paralympics. Active athletes are in bold. Athletes under 15 years of age and over 40 years of age are in bold.
| No. | Athlete | Sport | Birth Year | Games Years | First/Last Age | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Pamela Fontaine | File:Table tennis pictogram.svg Table tennis File:Wheelchair basketball - Paralympic pictogram.svg Wheelchair basketball |
1964 | 1984–2016 | 20 - 52 | F | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Trischa Zorn | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 1964 | 1980–2004 | 16 - 40 | F | 44 | 9 | 5 | 55 |
| 3 | Lex Gillette | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1984 | 2004–2016 | 20 - 32 | M | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Winter Paralympics
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Prize money
When a US athlete wins an Olympic medal, as of 2016, the USOPC paid the winner $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver, and $10,000 for bronze.[1] The USOPC increased the payouts by 25% to $37,000 for gold, $22,500 for silver, and $15,000 for bronze beginning in 2017.[2] These numbers are significantly lower than in other countries, where Olympic gold medalists receive up to $1 million from their governments for a gold medal.[3][4] Since 2018, payouts to Paralympic athletes have been the same as to the Olympians. The International Paralympic Committee noted that "'Operation Gold Awards' for [American] Paralympic athletes [would] be increased by as much as 400 percent."[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Cao, Athena Cao (15 August 2016) Uncle Sam goes for gold, too: Up to $9,900 per Olympic gold medal First Coast News via USA Today
- ↑ "USOC Increases 'Operation Gold' Payouts By 25% Beginning in 2017". Swimswam.com. December 14, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ↑ Many Countries Pay Big Bonuses For Olympic Medals. This One Is Shelling Out $2.7 Million.
- ↑ Some countries pay more than six figures to athletes who bring home a medal -- but not the U.S.
- ↑ Paralympians to earn equal payouts as Olympians in the USA
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