The 2030 Winter Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'hiver de 2030), also known as the Alpes 2030 Paralympic Winter Games, will be the 15th edition of the Winter Paralympic Games, an international winter multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee. The Games are scheduled to take place from 1 to 10 March 2030 in the French Alps. These will be the second Winter Paralympics, and the third Paralympics overall, to be hosted by France. Events will be held in the department of Alpes-Maritimes on its Hautes-Alpes, in Lyon and in the departments of Haute-Savoie and Savoie in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Bidding process
Under the new bidding process established under Olympic Agenda 2020, the Future Host Commission of the IOC engages in ongoing, non-committal "continuous dialogue" with parties that are interested in hosting a future Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Commission then recommends preferred candidates to be invited to "targeted dialogue" with the IOC Executive Board. In addition, a "host" can now consist of multiple regions or countries rather than just cities.
Host selection On 29 November 2023, per the recommendation of the Future Host Commission, the IOC Executive Board invited the French Paralympic and Sports Committee to targeted dialogue proposing that the 2030 Winter Paralympics be held in the French Alps.
The French Alps were conditionally ratified as hosts during the 142nd IOC Session on 24 July 2024 in Paris, France; as per the new bid process, the vote was in the form of a referendum to the 95 IOC delegates. The decision to award the Games was made under the condition that financial guarantees from federal and state governments be secured by October 2024; usually, these are secured as part of the bid process, but this was hindered by the French political crisis and 2024 French legislative elections.
In October 2024, then-prime minister Michel Barnier sent a letter to IOC president Thomas Bach to confirm the French government's financial support.
+2030 Winter Olympics host city electionCityNOC nameYesNoAbsFrench Alps 8447
Development and preparations Venues Lyon cluster VenueEventsCapacity StatusEurexpoPara ice hockeyTBAExisting with temporary standsWheelchair curlingTBA
Savoie cluster VenueEventsCapacityStatusCourchevelPara alpine skiingTBAExistingPara snowboardTBA
Haute-Savoie cluster VenueEventsCapacityStatusLa ClusazPara cross-country skiing and Para biathlon12,500Existing
The Games Qualification
Marketing Emblem The emblem of the Games was unveiled on 18 June 2026 during an event at Briançon. The emblem is a stylized mountain peak with a blue, purple, and red gradient, formed by rays of light; it is stated to represent the "promise of clarity, warmth and renewal" and the "convergence" of nations at its summit. The Paralympic emblem uses a similar design, but with the mountain formed in negative space by lights shining behind it. Alongside the emblem, the branding of the Games was also shortened from "French Alps 2030"/"Alpes Françaises 2030" to simply "Alpes 2030".https://www.olympics.com/en/news/alpes-2030-emblems-mountains-light-unveiled The emblems were designed by Paris based design agency Saint-Lazare.
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See also 2030 Winter Olympics Paralympics celebrated in France: 1992 Winter Paralympics 2030 Winter Paralympics