What is 2020 Summer Paralympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|2020|Summer|Paralympics| | image = | image_size = 150 | host_city = [[Tokyo]], Japan | motto = ''United by Emotion''{{efn|Only an English motto is used during the Games. There is no Japanese equivalent of the motto adopted.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/united-by-emotion-to-be-the-tokyo-2020-games-motto |title='United by Emotion' to be the Tokyo 2020 Games Motto |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |website=Tokyo2020.org}}</ref>}} | nations = 163 | athletes = 4,537 | events = 539 in 22 [[Paralympic sports|sports]] | opening = 24 August 2021 | closing = 5 September 2021 | opened_by = [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Naruhito]] | cauldron = [[Yui Kamiji]]<br>Karin Morisaki<br>Shunsuke Uchida | stadium = [[Japan National Stadium]] | summer_prev = [[2016 Summer Paralympics|Rio 2016]] | summer_next = ''[[2024 Summer Paralympics|Paris 2024]]'' | winter_prev = [[2018 Winter Paralympics|PyeongChang 2018]] | winter_next = ''[[2022 Winter Paralympics|Beijing 2022]]'' }} The {{Nihongo|'''2020 Summer Paralympics'''|2020年夏季パラリンピック, 東京2020パラリンピック競技大会|2020-Nen Kaki Pararinpikku, Tōkyō Ni-zero-Ni-zero Pararinpikku Kyōgitaikai|lead=yes}}, branded as '''Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games''', were a major international [[multi-sport event|multi-sport]] [[parasports]] event governed by the [[International Paralympic Committee]]. They took place in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] between 24 August and 5 September 2021.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/52091224| title=Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021| work=[[BBC Sport]]| date=30 March 2020| access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> ==Notes== {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:August 2021 events]] [[Category:September 2021 events]] [[Category:Summer Paralympic Games]] [[Category:2021 in Japan]] [[Category:21st century in Tokyo]]