Unified Team at the Paralympics

The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of 11 former constituent republics of the Soviet Union[1] (excluding Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, and Lithuania) at the 1992 Winter Paralympics in Albertville[2] and the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona.[3] The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée.

Unified Team at the
Paralympics
The Unified Team used the Paralympic symbol
in place of a national flag
IPC codeEUN
Summer appearances
1992
Winter appearances
1992
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Russia (1994–)
 Armenia (1996–)
 Azerbaijan (1996–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1996–)
 Moldova (1996–)
 Ukraine (1996–)
 Turkmenistan (2000–)
 Tajikistan (2004–)
 Uzbekistan (2004–)

The Paralympic Flag was used in place of a national flag at the Opening Ceremony and at medals ceremonies, and the Paralympic Hymn was played for gold medallists.

Details

For details of the Unified Team's participation, see:

Participating countries
The Unified Team's participating countries in the Summer games and the IOC codes used by them in subsequent Paralympics
Country (former
Soviet republic)		 IOC code
(1994–)
 ArmeniaARM
 AzerbaijanAZE
 BelarusBLR
 KazakhstanKAZ
 KyrgyzstanKGZ
 MoldovaMDA
 RussiaRUS
 TajikistanTJK
 TurkmenistanTKM
 UkraineUKR
 UzbekistanUZB

Performance
  • The Unified Team finished third to the United States and Germany in the overall medal tally at Albertville with 10 golds, 8 silvers, and 3 bronzes; 21 medals in total[1]
  • The team finished eighth at Barcelona with 16 golds, 14 silvers, and 15 bronzes; 45 medals in total

(Note, however, that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) does not officially recognise national medal totals.)

Athletes

Athletes competing for the Unified team at the 1992 Summer and 1992 Winter Paralympic Games.[4]

Summer Games
Men
  • Archery
    • Stepan Bugaychuk
    • Dmitri Nikolsky
    • Konstantine Shumkov
  • Athletics
    • Oleg Chepel
    • Victor Khilmonchik
    • Sergei Khodakov
    • Aleksei Lashmanov
    • Andrei Makarov
    • Sergey Okulov
    • Vladimir Potapenko
    • Sergei Sevastianov
    • Sergey Shilov
    • Sergey Silchenco
    • Yurij Zubrilov
  • Cycling
    • Alexandre Pytko
    • Nikolai Timofeev
  • Goalball
    • Vladimir Berejetski
    • Nikolai Lednev
    • Alexandre Litvinov
    • Alexei Pavlyguine
    • Nikolai Perejoguine
    • Alexandre Toupiline
  • Judo
  • Powerlifting
    • Vladimir Larionov
    • Roman Omurbekov
  • Swimming
    • Albert Bakaev
    • Vladimir Chesnov
    • Aleksei Kapoura
    • Vitaly Khutornoy
    • Vitalii Krylov
    • Juri Likorovsky
    • Nikolay Ponamarev
    • Nikolay Rogozhin
    • Vladimir Vshivtsev
  • Table Tennis
  • Volleyball
    • Gadji Abakarov
    • Igor Bondar
    • A. Gontcharenko
    • Victor Krasnov
    • Alexander Kukatov
    • Murad Makhanov
    • Radjab Mamaev
    • Vladimir Maysak
    • Petr Ostrinsky
    • Iouri Soubbota
    • Peter Zubov
Women
  • Archery
    • Tatiana Grishko
  • Athletics
    • Rimma Batalova
    • Olga Churkina
    • Irina Leontiouk
    • Ljubov Malakhova
    • Olga Nazarenko
    • Tamara Pankova
    • Tamara Sivakova
    • Raisa Zhuravleva
  • Swimming
    • Olga Melnikova
    • Natalia Parshina

Winter Games
Men
Women
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See also

References
  1. Tigns-Alvertville 1992, Canadian Paralympic Committee
  2. 1992 winter paralympics participants
  3. Barcelona Paralympics participation
  4. Athlete Search Results, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
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