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2020 Paralympic Games
Candidate cities
Istanbul, Turkey
Tokyo, Japan
Madrid, Spain
The IOC will elect the host city on 7 September 2013 at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires.
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Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as a member of Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2 team. He is recognised as an American by the International Olympic Committee although he was a German national at the time of the Games.
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2020 Summer Paralympics
Istanbul aiming to capitalise on national Paralympic momentum to secure 2020 Games
By James Crook
May 17 - After successfully hosting the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup, Istanbul 2020 are hoping to capitalise on the growing profile of disability sports in Turkey to boost their bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
May 17 - After successfully hosting the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup, Istanbul 2020 are hoping to capitalise on the growing profile of disability sports in Turkey to boost their bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.Madrid 2020 presents Candidature file to International Paralympic Committee
By Duncan Mackay
February 1 - Madrid 2020 has officially presented its Candidature file to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bonn today.
February 1 - Madrid 2020 has officially presented its Candidature file to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bonn today. Exclusive: Olympic and Paralympic integration is key, Parsons tells 2020 Games bidders
By Tom Degun
September 17 - Andrew Parsons, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) representative on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission for the 2020 Games, claimed the three bidding cities must place real emphasis on integration between the Olympics and Paralympics to be successful.
September 17 - Andrew Parsons, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) representative on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission for the 2020 Games, claimed the three bidding cities must place real emphasis on integration between the Olympics and Paralympics to be successful.Badminton gears up to win spot at 2020 Paralympics
By David Gold
September 16 - Badminton is aiming to win a place at the Paralympics in 2020, with the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's governing body, claiming the sport would be "a positive addition" to the Games programme.
September 16 - Badminton is aiming to win a place at the Paralympics in 2020, with the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's governing body, claiming the sport would be "a positive addition" to the Games programme.Baku 2020 is already transforming Paralympic sports claims top stars
By Duncan Mackay
May 9 - Ilham Zakiyev (pictured), Azerbaijan's most successful-ever Paralympian, has claimed that if Baku's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics is successful it would be "an amazing boost" for disability sports in the country.
May 9 - Ilham Zakiyev (pictured), Azerbaijan's most successful-ever Paralympian, has claimed that if Baku's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics is successful it would be "an amazing boost" for disability sports in the country.IPC President hands major boost to Madrid 2020 bid
By Tom Degun
April 20 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has given a major boost to Madrid's bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics by claiming that the city has the capability to replicate the hugely successful Barcelona 1992 Games.
April 20 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has given a major boost to Madrid's bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics by claiming that the city has the capability to replicate the hugely successful Barcelona 1992 Games.
BPA performance director Penny Briscoe will be ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for Sochi 2014 in what will be her sixth Paralympic Games and she will be aiming to ensure that the team win a medal, as Tom Degun reports Read moreBig Read ArchivePoll
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