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Cato Zahl Pedersen (born 12 January 1959) is a Norwegian
skier Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International ...
and multiple
Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...
gold medal winner. He has won a total of fourteen medals (thirteen gold, one silver) at the Paralympic Games, in both Winter and Summer Paralympics. He has no arms, having lost both in a childhood accident. He competed in
track and field athletics Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...
at the
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
and
1984 Summer Paralympics The 1984 International Games for the Disabled, commonly known as the 1984 Summer Paralympics, were the seventh Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes w ...
, winning six gold medals. He took part in the Summer Games again in 2000, this time in
sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, Windsurfing, windsurfer, or Kitesurfing, kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (Land sa ...
, but did not medal. At the Winter Paralympics, he competed in
alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping) ...
four times, in 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1994. At the 1980 and 1984 Winter Games he also took part in
cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a m ...
, winning one gold in 1980. Pedersen took the athletes' oath on behalf of all competitors at the
1994 Winter Paralympics The 1994 Winter Paralympics (; ), the sixth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10 to 19 March 1994.The Lillehammer Paralympics were the second time that the Games were held in Norway, after the 1980 Winter Paralym ...
in
Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the munici ...
. In 1994/1995, Pedersen took part in a successful four-person Norwegian skiing expedition to the
South Pole The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the point in the Southern Hemisphere where the Earth's rotation, Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True South Pole to distinguish ...
. He dragged his 200-pound sledge the whole distance, using the prosthetic hook on his right hand to hold a single ski pole."South Pole Epic Ends in Apres-Ski Party"
''New York Times'', January 6, 1995 He has also climbed
Cho Oyu Cho Oyu ( Nepali: चोयु; ; ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu means " Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the '' Khumbu'' sub-section of the Mahalangur Him ...
, the 7th highest mountain, in 2005, and almost reached the top of Mount Everest in 2007.


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* * 1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Frogn Norwegian amputees Norwegian male alpine skiers Norwegian male cross-country skiers Paralympic athletes for Norway Norwegian male sprinters Norwegian male middle-distance runners Norwegian male long-distance runners Norwegian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Paralympic sailors for Norway Norwegian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic alpine skiers for Norway Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Paralympic cross-country skiers for Norway Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Norway Paralympic silver medalists for Norway Norwegian disability rights activists Medalists at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen Norwegian activists with disabilities {{Norway-Paralympic-medalist-stub