Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

Great Britain at the
2002 Winter Paralympics
IPC codeGBR
NPCBritish Paralympic Association
Websitewww.paralympics.org.uk
in Salt Lake City
Competitors2[1] in 1 sport
Medals
Ranked =23rd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from 7 to 16 March 2002. The team was known by it shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes. The team was able to be made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom; athletes from Northern Ireland, who elected to hold Irish citizenship under the pre-1999 article 2 of the Irish constitution, were eligible to represent either Great Britain or Ireland at the Paralympics.[2] However no Northern Irish athletes took part in the Winter Paralympics until 2010 in Vancouver.[3] In order to be eligible to take part in the Games athletes had to have a disability that fell into one of the six Paralympics disability categories.

Two British athletes competed, both in alpine skiing events, and no medals were won. The size of the team was a decrease from that which had entered previous Games, in the 1998 Winter Paralympics 20 British athletes had participated.[4] One reason for this is that whilst funding for the two athletes was provided by the British Paralympic Association, it totalled only £1,500 compared to the £4 million worth of funding available to British athletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics.[5]

  1. ^ "Athlete Search Results". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Full text of the constitution" (PDF). Department of the Taoiseach. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  3. ^ "NI skier Kelly Gallagher named in GB Paralympic team". BBC Sport. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  5. ^ "GB duo carry Paralympic hopes". BBC Sport. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 16 April 2010.