| Wheelchair curling at the IX Paralympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Pinerolo Palaghiaccio | |||||||||
| Competitors | 8 teams from 8 nations | |||||||||
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Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was played at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio, in Pinerolo, 30 km southwest of Turin. Wheelchair curling was making its first appearance at the Paralympic Games and took the form of a mixed team event, open to athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body that required the everyday use of a wheelchair.
Teams from eight nations, each containing five athletes, entered with four teams advancing from a group stage to a knockout round. Canada won the sport's first Paralympic gold medal beating Great Britain in the final. Sweden won the bronze medal.[1]
- ^ "Curling at the Paralympics". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2002.