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[[File:TeamGB at the Paralympic Opening Ceremony.jpg|thumb|The team from Great Britain at the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games]]
The '''2012 Summer Paralympic Games''', the fourteenth [[Summer Paralympic Games]], took place in [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ParalympicGames/Summer|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=17 May 2013|title=Summer Paralympic Games}}</ref> 4,237 [[Sports|athletes]] from 164 countries were at the Games.  People with these types of disabilities competed at the games: spinal injury, amputee, [[Blind|blindness]], [[cerebral palsy]], intellectual disability, and Les Autres.<ref>{{cite web|title=SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES OVERVIEW|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ParalympicGames/SummerOverview|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=17 May 2013|archive-date=7 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507095224/http://paralympic.org/ParalympicGames/SummerOverview|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the second sport event held in the United Kingdom after the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].  Growing interest in [[Paralympic sports|Paralympic sport]] worldwide and Great Britain's success during the recent Summer Olympics made more people want tickets than ever before, breaking many sales records.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/20990620 |title=Research raises questions over Paralympic Games legacy  |author=Dan Roan |date=11 January 2013 |work=BBC Website |access-date=8 December 2013}}</ref>

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