What is 2016 Summer Paralympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|2016|Summer|Paralympics| | image = | image_size = 200 | host_city = [[Rio de Janeiro|Rio de Janeiro City]], [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil | motto = ''A new world''<br />({{Nowrap|{{lang-pt|Um mundo novo}}}}) | nations = 159 | athletes = 4,342 | opening = 7 September | closing = 18 September | opened_by = [[President of Brazil|President]] [[Michel Temer]] | cauldron = [[Clodoaldo Silva]] | events = 528 in 22 [[Paralympic sports|sports]] | stadium = [[Maracanã Stadium|Maracanã]] <br /> [[Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos|Estádio Olímpico]] | summer_prev = [[2012 Summer Paralympics|London 2012]] | summer_next = [[2020 Summer Paralympics|Tokyo 2020]] | winter_prev = [[2014 Winter Paralympics|Sochi 2014]] | winter_next = [[2018 Winter Paralympics|Pyeongchang 2018]] }} The '''2016 Summer Paralympics''' ({{Lang-pt|Jogos Paralímpicos de Verão de 2016}}), the 15th [[Summer Paralympic Games]], were a major international [[multi-sport event]] for [[disabled sports|athletes with disabilities]]. It was held in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. The Games was the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the [[2000 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/8282518.stm |title=Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games |work=BBC News |date=2 October 2009|access-date=4 October 2009}}</ref> These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: [[paracanoe|canoeing]] and the [[paratriathlon]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{sports-stub}} [[Category:2016 Summer Paralympics| ]]