Faroe Islands at the Paralympics

Faroe Islands at the Paralympic Games
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Paralympic history
Summer Games
1960–1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

The Faroe Islands first competed at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1984, and have competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. They have never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games.

The Faroe Islands have their own National Paralympic Committee and National Olympic Committee. They are, however, one of only two territories (along with Macau) to compete at the Paralympics but not at the Olympics. Faroese athletes compete as representatives of Denmark at the Olympic Games.

Faroese Paralympians have won a total of thirteen medals, of which one gold, seven silver and five bronze. Their most successful appearance was at the 1988 Games, where they won seven medals and Christina Naess won the Faroe Islands' first and only Paralympic gold medal, in the C3 100m backstroke in swimming.

The Faroe Islands have only ever sent swimmers to the Paralympics, with the sole exception of Heini Festirstein, who competed in table tennis in 1992.

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Katrin Johansen	1988 Seoul	Swimming	100m backstroke C8
Silver	Katrin Johansen	1988 Seoul	Swimming	100m freestyle C8
Gold	Christina Næss	1988 Seoul	Swimming	100m backstroke C3
Silver	Christina Næss	1988 Seoul	Swimming	400m freestyle C3-4
Bronze	Tóra við Keldu	1988 Seoul	Swimming	100m butterfly L6
Bronze	Tóra við Keldu	1988 Seoul	Swimming	400m butterfly L6
Silver	Tóra við Keldu	1988 Seoul	Swimming	100m freestyle L6
Silver	Tóra við Keldu	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	100m freestyle S10
Bronze	Heidi Andreasen	2000 Sydney	Swimming	100m backstroke S8
Silver	Heidi Andreasen	2000 Sydney	Swimming	100m freestyle S8
Silver	Heidi Andreasen	2000 Sydney	Swimming	400m freestyle S8
Silver	Heidi Andreasen	2000 Sydney	Swimming	50m freestyle S8
Bronze	Heidi Andreasen	2004 Athens	Swimming	400m freestyle S8