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Paralympic, n. and a. colloq. (pærəˈlɪmpɪk) Also paralympic. [f. paraplegic n. + Olympic a. and n.: see -ics.] A. n. pl. An international athletic competition modelled on the Olympic Games, for paraplegics and other disabled athletes.1954 Bucks Advertiser 6 Aug. 4/1 (caption) The flags of the nation...
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Paralympic Games - Wikipedia
Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, 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 Korea, are held almost immediately ...
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Paralympic Games - Olympics.com
Paralympic Games. In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann organised a sports competition involving 16 World War II veterans with spinal cord-related injuries in Stoke Mandeville, England. Four years later, competitors from Holland joined, and the international movement, now known as the Paralympic Movement, was born. Olympic-style games for athletes with ...
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Paralympic Games | History, Sports, Locations, & Facts
7 days agoThe size and diversity of the Paralympic Games have increased greatly over the years. The Paralympics in 1960 hosted 400 athletes from 23 countries participating in eight sports. Just over 50 years later, at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, more than 4,200 athletes representing 164 countries participated in 20 sports.
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Paralympics History - Evolution of the Paralympic Movement
In 1976 the first Winter Games in Paralympics history were held in Sweden, and as with the Summer Games, have taken place every four years, and include a Paralympics Opening Ceremony and Paralympics Closing Ceremony. Since the Summer Games of Seoul, Korea in 1988 and the Winter Games in Albertville, France in 1992 the Games have also taken part ...
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Nick Springer, Paralympic Gold Medalist, Dies at 35
Apr 23, 2021Nick Springer, who became a Paralympic gold medalist i n wheelchair rugby at Beijing in 2008, only nine years after contracting meningococcal meningitis, which caused the partial amputations of ...
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Paralympic swimmer qualifies for Olympics from rough in 3 years
Feb 24, 2024In Nov. 2023, he returned from the Para Swimming World Series in Egypt with one gold, one silver and one bronze medal and became the second-best athlete in the world in the 200-meter freestyle category. The World Para Swimming Federation officially announced Ünlü's Olympic quota. "There will be a European Championship in Portugal in April.
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Spanish Paralympic swimming refines its preparation for ...
2 days ago — ... Perales, Luis Huerta, Jacobo Garrido, Sarai Gascón, José Antonio Marí, Beatriz Lérida, David Sánchez, Emma Feliú, Álex Villarejo, Albert ...
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Milano Cortina 2026: Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
2026 IS ALREADY HERE. Some 70 years after Cortina 1956 and 20 years after Turin 2006, the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are returning to Italy. On February 6, 2026, the curtain will rise on the Olympic Games; the date for the Paralympic Games is March 6, 2026. But the road to the Games has already begun; Milano-Cortina is already here.
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Paralympic football
Paralympic football consists of adaptations of the sport of association football for athletes with a physical disability. The sport was added to the Summer Paralympic Games in 2004.
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Paris 2024 unveils iconic Paralympic and Olympic posters
7 days ago — The Iconic Posters, created by Parisian illustrator Ugo Gattoni, were unveiled on 4 March 2024 at Musee d'Orsay.
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Paralympic Games
All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It also serves as the International Federation for nine sports (Paralympic athletics, Paralympic swimming, Paralympic archery, Paralympic powerlifting,
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Paralympic sports
The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. Committee (including Paralympic athletics, Paralympic DanceSport, Paralympic swimming, Paralympic shooting, Paralympic powerlifting, Para-alpine skiing
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Paralympic Charter
The Paralympic Charter is the name given to a set of rules and regulations that bind the running of the Paralympic Games. It sets out the constitution of the International Paralympic Committee and other members of the Paralympic movement including national Paralympic committees
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Paralympic shooting
Paralympic shooting first appeared in the Summer Paralympics at the 1976 Toronto Games. The IPC World Cups held mostly in Europe and North America are well attended Paralympic Games qualifiers.
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