News archive

August 2023

• • 20 August 2023

  Para sports got the attention it deserves

  The European Para Championships have, after two weeks full of sporting highlights, come to an end. The European Championships for ten paralympic sports took place in Rotterdam from August 8 to 20. ...

• • 18 August 2023

  Dutch wheelchair basketball women take title at European Para Championships

  The Dutch wheelchair basketball women have prolonged their European title at the European Para Championships in Rotterdam. In the practically sold out RTM Stage (1500 spectators) Great Britain was...

• • 16 August 2023

  Netherlands and Great Britain qualify for women’s Wheelchair basketball final and earn ticket for 2024 Paralympic Games

  The Dutch and British Women’s Wheelchair basketball teams have qualified for the final of the European Para Championships in Rotterdam. The Dutch defeated Spain 64-31 in the semi-finals, while Grea...

• • 15 August 2023

  Elisabetta Mijno breaks Para Archery World Record at European Para Championships in Rotterdam

  Italian archer Elisabetta Mijno has shattered a world record in the women’s Open Recurve 70-meter class during the European Para Championships in Rotterdam.

• • 15 August 2023

  Gold medal taekwondoka Zakia Khudadadi

  Taekwondoka Zakia Khudadadi clinched the European title in the -47kg category. By doing so, the Afghan refugee, who competed for the refugee team in Rotterdam, won her very first major title.

• • 13 August 2023

  Sweden clinch European goalball gold in C division

  The goalball competition at Rotterdam 2023 crowned Sweden as European champions in the men’s C division. The Swedish team defeated Hungary 11-5 to sit atop the podium in an encounter that showed an...

• • 13 August 2023

  Diede de Groot and Niels Vink win European titles at Schouwburgplein

  Wheelchair tennis players Diede de Groot and Niels Vink won the European singles titles at the European Para Championships in Rotterdam. At the Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam, De Groot defeated compa...

• • 10 August 2023

  IPC-president Andrew Parsons: ‘It’s amazing to be here’

  Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), is very enthusiastic about the inaugural edition of the European Para Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. “It’s just ...

• • 8 August 2023

  Romania’s Bologa grabs first gold at inaugural European Para Championships

  Florin Bologa (ROU) won the first gold medal of the inaugural European Para Championships in Rotterdam as he triumphed in the men’s Para judo J1 -73kg event on Tuesday.

• • 7 August 2023

  Opening Ceremony marks start of the first ever European Para Championships

  The countdown to Europe’s first multi-parasport championships is officially over after the Opening Ceremony of the European Para Championships 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. A sold out RTM stage i...