1992 Winter Paralympics
winter paralympics french jeux paralympiques dhiver de fifth winter paralympics first winter paralympics celebrated international olympic committee cooperation also first ever paralympics winter parasports event held france held resort tignes support venue main host city albertville france march april first time demonstration event alpine nordic skiing athlete intellectual disability biathlon athlete visual impairment held game consisted event three discipline two sport alpine skiing nordic skiing biathlon crosscountry skiing top npc number gold medal listed host nation france highlighted twenty four nation participated winter paralympics germany became independent country reunification soviet union process country dissolution estonia liechtenstein south korea made debut appearance winter game logo designed jeanmichel folon featured bird broken wing flying high mountain peak symbolizing ability participating athlete official mascot alpy designed vincent thiebaut represented summit grande motte mountain tignes alpy shown monoski demonstrate athleticism colour white green blue used represent puritysnow hopenature disciplinethe lake winter olympics summer paralympics summer paralympics winter paralympics international paralympic committee event svts open archive swedish