European Paralympic Committee

Some players score the try. Others make it possible. 🔥

Watch Cédric Nankin create space against Australia at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. 🇫🇷🏉

The player doing the dirty work, creating opportunities and making the whole team click into place. 💥

Because sometimes, greatness isn’t about being in the spotlight — it’s about creating the moment for someone else to shine. ⚡

This is teamwork. This is Wheelchair Rugby. This is Cédric Nankin. 🇫🇷

Speed isn’t just about crossing the finish line first—it’s about pushing every limit.

🇳🇴 Salum Kashafali delivered an unforgettable performance in the Men’s 100m T12 at Tokyo 2020, storming to Paralympic gold with explosive speed, precision, and determination.

Some athletes race the clock. Salum redefined it. ⚡🥇

Some victories are earned long before the final match 💙👏

🇦🇿 Through years of relentless dedication, resilience, and belief, Imamaddin Khalilov never stopped chasing greatness. Every challenge became fuel, every setback another step forward.

At the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, that journey reached its defining moment. With an unforgettable performance, he claimed Paralympic gold and fulfilled a dream built on courage, sacrifice, and unwavering determination.

This is more than a celebration. This is the moment a champion made history. 🥇✨

🚀 Calling all photographers - we are launching the Breaking Barriers: International Photo Award!

Do you have a photo or series of photos that show how sport at any level creates chances for inclusion and empowerment? How high performance, grassroots, school or community sports improve communities?

Then we want too hear from you!

focuses on one central theme: The inclusion of persons with disabilities through sport.

Entries are open until 15 September and the winning photos will be exhibited in October at the Final Forum of the European Para Youth Games Legacy Initiative.

Find out more, including entry terms and conditions, at the link in our bio!

📸 Bronach McNeill

SPIDER-SENSE. 🕷️

Some rallies are played.
Some are caught in a web.

David Wetherill with reflexes that don’t seem real. One unbelievable point, perfectly timed with the biggest superhero buzz of the moment.

No superpowers. Just world-class skill. 🏓

I think I know you… 👀✨

Jozef Metelka never disappoints. Since Rio 2016, he has set the standard in the Men’s Individual Pursuit C4—and eight years later, he’s still untouchable.

Rio. Tokyo. Paris. Three Paralympic Games. Three gold medals. One king of the Individual Pursuit. 👑🚴🥇

Some athletes have great careers. Others define an era. Jozef continues to prove why he’s one of the greatest to ever do it.

And with that unmistakable style? It’s impossible not to love him. ✨

🔋 The legacy of the 2025 European Para Youth Games lives on! At last year's European Para Youth Games (EPYG), the Discovery Programme brought Para sport to the public in Istanbul and online through hands-on experiences, storytelling and community activations.

In the first of a new podcast series about the EPYG Legacy Initiative, project team members Ivo Quendera and Daniel Monteiro are joined by Turkish Paralympic Committee Secretary General Serkan Baltaci to talk about its impact.

👀 Watch the full episode via the link in our bio or stories.