2026 Winter Paralympics

The 2026 Winter Paralympics (Italian: Giochi paralimpici invernali di Milano Cortina 2026), also known as the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games, were the 14th edition of the Winter Paralympic Games, an international winter multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee. It took place from 6 to 15 March at sites across Lombardy and Northeast Italy, with competition in wheelchair curling beginning on 4 March.

Marking the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Winter Paralympics in 1976, this was the third Paralympic Games hosted in Italy, following the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome (the inaugural Paralympic Games) and the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin. These were the final winter games to take place under the IPC presidency of Andrew Parsons.

China finished at the top of the medal table for the second successive Winter Paralympics with 15 gold and 44 medals overall, and the United States finished second with 13 gold and 24 medals. Russia finished in third with 8 gold and 12 medals. The host nation Italy finished in fourth with 7 gold and 16 medals, setting a new record for number of medals won. Brazil won its first medal in their Winter Paralympic history, becoming the first tropical, Latin American and South American National Paralympic Committee to win a medal at the Winter Paralympics. Latvia also won its first medal in its Winter Paralympic history.

The edition drew controversy surrounding its inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes for the first time since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.