The purpose of this study was to investigate the personal characteristics supporting Paralympic athletes’ selfrealization in sports. The study involved 106 members of the Paralympic and Deaflympic teams of Ukraine (16-53 year-old， the average age of 28.3 ± 7.2 years; 84 men with the average age of 27.7 ± 6.7 years and 22 women with the average age 30.3 ± 8.3 years) in different sports (football， fencing， power-lifting， sitting volleyball， judo， canoeing in pairs， swimming). It is determined that the most important personal factor supporting Paralympic athletes’ self-realization in sports is their psychological hardiness. Their self-efficacy， capacity for self-organization of their activities and psychological well-being can also be considered as significant personal characteristic necessary for their self-realization in sports.
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