United States at the Paralympics

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The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, has participated in every Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and is currently first on the all-time medal table. The nation used to be a dominant Paralympic power in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, but has steadily declined since the 1990s to a point where it finished sixth in the 2012 Summer Paralympics medal count. The team then improved to a fourth-place finish in 2016, and third in 2020, and unexpectedly finished first at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

The United States was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York. It also hosted the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta and 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City.

Medal tables

{{see also|All-time Paralympic Games medal table}}

:Red border color indicates host nation status.

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=Medals by Summer Games=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
Games

|style="background:gold; width:3.2em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold

|style="background:silver; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver

|style="background:#c96; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze

!style="width:3.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Total

!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank by Gold medals

!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank by Total medals

align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} 1960 Rome11772555
align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} 1964 Tokyo504132123style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
align=left|{{flagicon|Israel}} 1968 Tel-Aviv33273999style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
align=left|{{flagicon|West Germany}} 1972 Heidelberg17273175style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
align=left|{{flagicon|Canada}} 1976 Toronto664445155style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
align=left|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} 1980 Arnhem756654195style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
style="border: 3px solid red"

|align=left|{{flagicon|United States}} {{nowrap|1984 New York}}
{{nowrap|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville}}

137131129397style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
align=left|{{flagicon|South Korea}} 1988 Seoul919088269style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
align=left|{{flagicon|Spain}} 1992 Barcelona755248175style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
style="border: 3px solid red"

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1996 Atlanta

464665157style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
align=left|{{flagicon|Australia}} 2000 Sydney3639341095style="background:#ffdab9;"| 3
align=left|{{flagicon|Greece}} 2004 Athens2722398844
align=left|{{flagicon|China}} 2008 Beijing36352899style="background:#ffdab9;"| 3style="background:#ffdab9;"| 3
align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} 2012 London3129389864
align=left|{{flagicon|Brazil}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro40443111544
align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} 2020 Tokyo373631104style="background:#ffdab9;"| 34
align=left|{{flagicon|France}} 2024 Paris364227105style="background:#ffdab9;"| 3style="background:#ffdab9;"| 3
style="border: 3px solid red"

|align=left|{{flagicon|United States}} 2028 Los Angeles

colspan=6; rowspan=1 | Future event
align=left|{{flagicon|Australia}} 2032 Brisbanecolspan=6; rowspan=1 | Future event
Total8447787662388 || 1 || 1

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=Medals by Winter Games=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
Games

|style="background:gold; width:3.2em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold

|style="background:silver; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver

|style="background:#c96; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze

!style="width:3.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Total

!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank by Gold medals

!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank by Total medals

align=left|{{flagicon|Sweden}} 1976 Örnsköldsvik0000
align=left|{{flagicon|Norway}} 1980 Geilo411667
align=left|{{flagicon|Austria}} 1984 Innsbruck714143554
align=left|{{flagicon|Austria}} 1988 Innsbruck71763064
align=left|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|France}} 1992 Tignes-Albertville}}2016945style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
align=left|{{flagicon|Norway}} 1994 Lillehammer2412743style="background:#ffdab9;"| 3style="background:#ffdab9;"| 3
align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} 1998 Nagano1381334style="background:#ffdab9;"| 34
style="border: 3px solid red"

|align=left|{{flagicon|United States}} 2002 Salt Lake City

10221143style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} 2006 Turin7231257
align=left|{{flagicon|Canada}} 2010 Vancouver4541365
align=left|{{flagicon|Russia}} 2014 Sochi279188style="background:#ffdab9;"| 3
align=left|{{flagicon|South Korea}} 2018 Pyeongchang1315836style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1
align=left|{{flagicon|China}} 2022 Beijing61132054
align=left|{{flagicon|Italy}} 2026 Milan-Cortinacolspan=6; rowspan=1 | Future event
align=left|{{flagicon|France}} 2030 French Alpscolspan=6; rowspan=1 | Future event
style="border: 3px solid red"

|align=left|{{flagicon|United States}} 2034 Salt Lake City

colspan=6; rowspan=1 | Future event
Total11713088335 || 2 || 2

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=Medals by summer sport=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| team = Sport

| hide_rank = yes

| leading = yes

| gold_1 = 0 | silver_1 = 2 | bronze_1 = 0 | name_1 = 25px Snooker

| gold_2 = 2 | silver_2 = 3 | bronze_2 = 7 | name_2 = 25px Lawn bowls

| gold_3 = 15 | silver_3 = 2 | bronze_3 = 0 | name_3 = 25px Wrestling | leading_3 = yes

| gold_4 = 7 | silver_4 = 9 | bronze_4 = 9 | name_4 = 25px Weightlifting | leading_4 = yes

| gold_5 = 3 | silver_5 = 3 | bronze_5 = 2 | name_5 = 25px Dartchery | leading_5 = yes

| gold_6 = 1 | silver_6 = 3 | bronze_6 = 3 | name_6 = 25px Sailing

| gold_7 = 1 | silver_7 = 0 | bronze_7 = 0 | name_7 = 25px Football 7-a-side

| gold_8 = 0 | silver_8 = 1 | bronze_8 = 1 | name_8 = 25px Paracanoeing

| gold_9 = 5 | silver_9 = 3 | bronze_9 = 1 | name_9 = 25px Paratriathlon | leading_9 = yes

| gold_10 = 0 | silver_10 = 0 | bronze_10 = 2 | name_10 = 25px Parataekwondo

| gold_11 = 390 | silver_11 = 383 | bronze_11 = 385 | name_11 = 25px Athletics | leading_11 = yes

| gold_12 = 294 | silver_12 = 231 | bronze_12 = 227 | name_12 = 25px Swimming | leading_12 = yes

| gold_13 = 19 | silver_13 = 28 | bronze_13 = 20 | name_13 = 25px Road cycling

| gold_14 = 22 | silver_14 = 8 | bronze_14 = 16 | name_14 = 25px Archery

| gold_15 = 14 | silver_15 = 15 | bronze_15 = 24 | name_15 = 25px Table tennis

| gold_16 = 13 | silver_16 = 2 | bronze_16 = 8 | name_16 = {{nowrap|25px Wheelchair basketball}} | leading_16 = yes

| gold_17 = 3 | silver_17 = 2 | bronze_17 = 2 | name_17 = 25px Wheelchair rugby | leading_17 = yes

| gold_18 = 0 | silver_18 = 1 | bronze_18 = 2 | name_18 = {{nowrap|25px Wheelchair fencing}}

| gold_19 = 6 | silver_19 = 7 | bronze_19 = 4 | name_19 = 25px Wheelchair tennis

| gold_20 = 9 | silver_20 = 8 | bronze_20 = 3 | name_20 = 25px Equestrian

| gold_21 = 6 | silver_21 = 3 | bronze_21 = 5 | name_21 = 25px Powerlifting

| gold_22 = 3 | silver_22 = 6 | bronze_22 = 3 | name_22 = 25px Goalball | leading_22 = yes

| gold_23 = 2 | silver_23 = 7 | bronze_23 = 13 | name_23 = 25px Judo

| gold_24 = 2 | silver_24 = 2 | bronze_24 = 3 | name_24 = 25px Boccia

| gold_25 = 2 | silver_25 = 2 | bronze_25 = 1 | name_25 = 25px Volleyball

| gold_26 = 1 | silver_26 = 1 | bronze_26 = 3 | name_26 = 25px Shooting

| gold_27 = 0 | silver_27 = 3 | bronze_27 = 2 | name_27 = 25px Rowing

| gold_28 = 7 | silver_28 = 13 | bronze_28 = 12 | name_28 = 25px Track cycling

| gold_29 = 0 | silver_29 = 1 | bronze_29 = 0 | name_29 = 25px Badminton

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The United States has never won a Paralympic medal in the following current summer sport or discipline: football 5-a-side.

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=Medals by winter sport=

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| leading = yes

| gold_1 = 92 | silver_1 = 97 | bronze_1 = 70 | name_1 = 25px Alpine skiing

| gold_2 = 9 | silver_2 = 20 | bronze_2 = 10 | name_2 = {{nowrap|25px Cross-country skiing}}

| gold_3 = 6 | silver_3 = 7 | bronze_3 = 4 | name_3 = 25px Snowboarding | leading_3 = yes

| gold_4 = 5 | silver_4 = 0 | bronze_4 = 1 | name_4 = {{nowrap|25px Para ice hockey}} | leading_4 = yes

| gold_5 = 5 | silver_5 = 6 | bronze_5 = 3 | name_5 = 25px Biathlon

|}}

The United States has never won a Paralympic medal in the following current winter sport: wheelchair curling.

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Best results in non-medalling sports:

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! colspan=4| Summer

Sport

| Rank

| Athlete

| Event & Year

20px Football 5-a-sidecolspan=3| Did not participate
colspan=4| Winter
Sport

| Rank

| Athlete

| Event & Year

20px Wheelchair curling4thAugusto Perez
Patrick McDonald
James Pierce
{{nowrap|Jacqui Kapinowski}}
James Joseph
Steve Brown
Mixed tournament in 2010

Flagbearers

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Summer Paralympics

style="background:lightblue;"| Games

! style="background:lightblue;"| Athlete

! style="background:lightblue;"| Sport

{{flagicon|ITA}} 1960 Rome

| colspan="2" rowspan="10"| Not documented

{{flagicon|JPN}} 1964 Tokyo
{{flagicon|ISR}} 1968 Tel-Aviv
{{flagicon|West Germany}} 1972 Heidelberg
{{flagicon|CAN}} 1976 Toronto
{{flagicon|NED}} 1980 Arnhem
{{flagicon|United States}} 1984 New York
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville
{{flagicon|South Korea}} 1988 Seoul
{{flagicon|Spain}} 1992 Barcelona
{{flagicon|USA}} 1996 Atlanta
{{flagicon|Australia}} 2000 Sydney

| Mike Dempsey

| Table tennis

{{flagicon|Greece}} 2004 Athens

| Kevin Szott

| Judo

{{flagicon|China}} 2008 Beijing

| Jennifer Armbruster

| Goalball

{{flagicon|GBR}} 2012 London

| Scott Danberg

| Athletics

{{flagicon|Brazil}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro

| Allison Jones

| Cycling

rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Japan}} 2020 Tokyo

| Chuck Aoki

| Wheelchair rugby

Melissa Stockwell

| Paratriathlon

rowspan=2| {{flagicon|France}} 2024 Paris

| Steve Serio

| Wheelchair basketball

Nicky Nieves

| Sitting volleyball

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Winter Paralympics

style="background:lightblue;"| Games

! style="background:lightblue;"| Athlete

! style="background:lightblue;"| Sport

{{flagicon|SWE}} 1976 Örnsköldsvik

| colspan="2" rowspan="8"| Not documented

{{flagicon|NOR}} 1980 Geilo
{{flagicon|AUT}} 1984 Innsbruck
{{flagicon|AUT}} 1988 Innsbruck
{{flagicon|FRA}} 1992 Tignes-Albertville
{{flagicon|NOR}} 1994 Lillehammer
{{flagicon|JPN}} 1998 Nagano
{{flagicon|USA}} 2002 Salt Lake City
{{flagicon|Italy}} 2006 Turin

| Chris Devlin-Young

| Alpine skiing

{{flagicon|Canada}} 2010 Vancouver

| Heath Calhoun

| Alpine skiing

{{flagicon|Russia}} 2014 Sochi

| Jonathan Lujan

| Alpine skiing

{{flagicon|South Korea}} 2018 PyeongChang

| Mike Schultz

| Snowboarding

rowspan=2| {{flagicon|China}} 2022 Beijing

| Tyler Carter

| Alpine skiing

Danelle Umstead

| Alpine skiing

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Records

=Summer Paralympics=

==Multi-medalists==

Athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals at the Summer Paralympics. Bold athletes are athletes who are still active.

class="wikitable sortable"
No.

! Athlete

! Sport

! Years

! Games

! Gender

! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"| Gold

! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver

! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze

! style="width:4.0em;"|Total

1Trischa Zorn{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}1980–20047F419555
2Jessica Long{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2004–20205F168529
3Erin Popovich{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2000–20083F145019
4Bart Dodson{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1984–20005M133420
5John Morgan{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}1984, 19922M132015
5Elizabeth Scott{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}1992–20003F102517
6Edward Owen{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}
{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}
1964–19887M92213
7Tatyana McFadden{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}2004–20205F87419
8Brad Snyder{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2012–20203M6208
9Jean Driscoll{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1988–20004F53412
10Marla Runyan{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1992–19962F5106
11David Larson{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1988–20004M5038
12Dennis Oehler{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1988–19963M43310
13Brian Frasure{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}2000–20083M4329
14Tony Volpentest{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1992–20003M4105
15Paul Nitz{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1992–20126M4015
16Danny Andrews{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}2000–20083M4004
16Raymond Martin{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}20121M4004
18David Wagner{{GamesSport|Wheelchair tennis|Format=d}}2004–20164M3328
19Freeman Register{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1992–20003M3126
20Mallory Weggemann{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2012–20203F3116
21Nick Mayhugh{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}20201M3104
22Kelley Becherer{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2008–20122F3047
23Justin Zook{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2004–20123M3014
24Royal Mitchell{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}2000–20083M3003
25Jeremy Campbell{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}2008–20122M3003
26Ross Davis{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1992–20003M2439
27Cheri Madsen{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1996–20166F2428
28Roy Perkins{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2008–20163M2338
29Scot Hollonbeck{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1992–20044M2305
30Gregory Burns{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}1996–20003M2215
31Marlon Shirley{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}2000–20083M2215
32Karissa Whitsell{{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}2004–20082F2125
33Cortney Jordan{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2008–20163F18312
34Amanda McGrory{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}2008–20163F1247
35Cheri Blauwet{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}2000–20083F1146
36Aimee Bruder{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}1996–20084F0145

==Multi-gold medalists at single Games==

This is a list of athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered categorically by gold medals earned, sports, then year.

class="wikitable sortable"
No.

! Athlete

! Sport

! Year

! Gender

! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"| Gold

! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver

! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze

! style="width:4.0em;"|Total

colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" font-size:90%; line-height:12px;"| Athletics
rowspan="2"|1David Larson{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1992M4004
Marla Runyan{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1992F4004
3Danny Andrews{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}2004M3003
4Dennis Oehler{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1988M3014
5Jean Driscoll{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1996F2114
rowspan="2"|6Curt Brinkman{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1980M2103
Joe Gaetani{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1992M2103
8Maureen Gaynor{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}1988F2002
colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" font-size:90%" line-height:12px;"| Cycling
1Karissa Whitsell
Guide: Katie Compton
{{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}2004F2114
2Barbara Buchan{{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}2008F2002
colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" font-size:90%; line-height:12px;"| Swimming
1Trischa Zorn{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}1988F120012
2John Morgan{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}1992M82010
rowspan="2"|3Erin Popovich{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2004F7007
Elizabeth Scott{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}1992F7007
5Jessica Long{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2012F5217
rowspan="3"|6McKenzie Coan{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2016F3104
Rebecca Meyers{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2016F3104
Brad Snyder{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2016M3104
9Gregory Burns{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}1996M2103
10Kelley Becherer{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}2012F2024
colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" font-size:90%; line-height:12px;"| Wheelchair tennis
1Randy Snow{{GamesSport|Wheelchair tennis|Format=d}}1992M2002
colspan="9" style="text-align:center;" font-size:90%; line-height:12px;"| Multiple sports
rowspan="2"|1rowspan="2"|Ed Owen{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}rowspan="2"|1968rowspan="2"|M401rowspan="2"|7
{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}200
rowspan="2"|2rowspan="2"|Sharon Hedrick{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}rowspan="2"|1980rowspan="2"|F310rowspan="2"|5
{{GamesSport|Wheelchair basketball|Format=d}}001

==Multi-medalists at single event==

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This is a list of athletes who have won at least three medals in a single event at the Summer Paralympics. Ordered categorically by medals earned, sports, then gold medals earned.

class="wikitable sortable"
No.

! Athlete

! Sport

! Event

! Years

! Games

! Gender

! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"| Gold

! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver

! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze

! style="width:4.0em;"|Total

1Trischa Zorn{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}100m backstroke1980–20047F5117
2Jessica Long{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}400m freestyle2004–20164F3104
rowspan="4"|3Ross Davis{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}100 metres1992–20003M2103
Bart Dodson{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}200 metres1992–20003M2103
Rudy Garcia-Tolson{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}200m individual medley2004–20123M2103
Roy Perkins{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}50m butterfly2008–20163M2103
7David Larson{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}400 metres1988–19963M2013

==Athletes with most appearances==

===Summer Paralympics===

{{Expand section|date=March 2020}}

This is a list of athletes who have competed in four or more Summer Paralympics. Active athletes are in bold. Athletes under 15 years of age and over 40 years of age are in bold.

class="wikitable sortable"
No.

! Athlete

! Sport

! Birth Year

! Games Years

! First/Last Age

! Gender

! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"| Gold

! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver

! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze

! style="width:4.0em;"|Total

1Pamela Fontaine{{GamesSport|Table tennis|Format=d}}
{{GamesSport|Wheelchair basketball|Format=d}}
19641984–201620 - 52F0112
2Trischa Zorn{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}19641980–200416 - 40F449555
3Lex Gillette{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}19842004–201620 - 32M0404

===Winter Paralympics===

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Prize money

When a US athlete wins an Olympic medal, as of 2016, the USOPC paid the winner $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver, and $10,000 for bronze.Cao, Athena Cao (15 August 2016) [http://www.firstcoastnews.com/sports/olympics/uncle-sam-goes-for-gold-too-up-to-9900-per-olympic-gold-medal/298370509 Uncle Sam goes for gold, too: Up to $9,900 per Olympic gold medal] First Coast News via USA Today The USOPC increased the payouts by 25% to $37,000 for gold, $22,500 for silver, and $15,000 for bronze beginning in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/usoc-increases-operation-gold-payouts-by-25-beginning-in-2017/|title=USOC Increases 'Operation Gold' Payouts By 25% Beginning in 2017|date=14 December 2016|website=Swimswam.com|access-date=21 June 2019}} These numbers are significantly lower than in other countries, where Olympic gold medalists receive up to $1 million from their governments for a gold medal.[https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2022/02/20/many-countries-pay-big-bonuses-for-olympic-medals-this-one-is-shelling-out-27-million/?sh=447410c46283 Many Countries Pay Big Bonuses For Olympic Medals. This One Is Shelling Out $2.7 Million.][https://www.ksat.com/sports/2021/08/10/some-countries-pay-more-than-six-figures-to-athletes-who-bring-home-a-medal-but-not-the-us/ Some countries pay more than six figures to athletes who bring home a medal -- but not the U.S.] Since 2018, payouts to Paralympic athletes have been the same as to the Olympians. The International Paralympic Committee noted that "'Operation Gold Awards' for [American] Paralympic athletes [would] be increased by as much as 400 percent."[https://www.paralympic.org/news/paralympians-earn-equal-payouts-olympians-usa Paralympians to earn equal payouts as Olympians in the USA]

See also

References

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{{Nations at the Paralympics}}

{{National sports teams of the United States}}

{{Sport in the United States}}