2006 Winter Paralympics

IX Paralympic Winter Games

Host city	Turin, Italy
Motto	Passion lives here (Italian: La passione vive qui)
Nations	39
Athletes	486
Events	58 in 4 sports
Opening	10 March
Closing	19 March
Opened by	President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Cauldron	Silvia Battaglio Aroldo Ruschioni
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Winter ← Salt Lake 2002 Vancouver 2010 → Summer ← Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 → 2006 Winter Olympics

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The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games (Italian: Giochi paralimpici invernali del 2006), the ninth Paralympic Winter Games, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were also the first Paralympics to use the new Paralympics logo.

Italy will host the Winter Paralympics again in 2026, scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.