Paralympics Winter and Summer Games

Ice Sledge Hockey

The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom
Even though 2012 will be London's third Olympic Games, it will be the first Paralympic Games to be staged there, as the event was created after the last time the city hosted in 1948

The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee

Overcoming disabilities

Sticks, puck, and skates. Strength, endurance, and power. Two goals, three referees, an ice rink from which the puck never leaves.
Ice Sledge Hockey is the version of the traditional Ice Hockey for athletes with a disability, with checking against the boards, constant turnovers, players "changing on the fly," sudden and lightning hits, spectacular saves and special pads for protection.

PARALYMPIC GAMES

The Paralympic Games have always been held in the same year as the Olympic Games. Since the 1988 Seoul Summer Games and the 1992 Albertville Winter Games, they have also taken place at the same venues as the Olympic Games. On 19 June 2001, an agreement was signed between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee aiming to secure the organisation of the Paralympic Games. The agreement reaffirmed that the Paralympic Games, from 2008 on, will always take place shortly after the Olympic Games, using the same sporting venues and facilities.

A challenge beyond sport

Chair Flame

Official Website: The Progetto Piemonte 2006 was created entirely without architectonic barriers and with free entrance for disabled people, and the work to build facilities and to launch Piedmont as a tourist and sport area was the biggest and most capital-intensive project that an Italian region has ever attempted.
Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010: Olympic Winter Games: February 12 to 28, 2010 (17 days)
* Winter Paralympic Games: March 12 to 21, 2010 (14 days)
Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics: August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p.m. on August 8, 2008 (08-08-08-08 - the number 8 is associated with prosperity in Chinese culture).
News and Information for the Disabled Community.: I hope this Lens will:
Promote the human rights of disabled persons; Promote economic and social integration of disabled persons; Develop and support organizations of disabled perso

Links

Team Odyssey: A United States disabled sailing team seeking to medal in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens Greece.
Paralympics New Zealand: Administrative structure and sports opportunities for individuals with disabilities in New Zealand.
Australian Paralympic Committee: The Australian Sports Commission funds the Paralympic Preparation Program, which the APC administers to provide funding for athletes to undertake high level training, compete against the best in the world.
Andreja Dolinar: Slovenian National Team member, finalist of the Paralympic table tennis tournament in Sydney 2000. Biography, photos, career, achievements.
Canadian Paralympic Committee: History, sporting events, contacts and results for this orgnanization that oversees selection of the paralympic team for Canada.
International Paralympics Committee: An international non-profit organisation formed and run by 160 National Paralympic Committees and 5 disability specific international sports federations.
Australian Sports Commission - Paralympics 1996: Results and athlete profiles by sport.
Arab Paralympic Games: Medal counts and history of the event.
The British Paralympics Association: Charity responsible for selecting, preparing, entering, funding and managing Britain's teams at the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games.
Paralympics Tennis 2000: Archives and reports of the event in Sydney.
Encyclopedia: Paralympics: Wikipedia of medal tallies for the summer and winter paralympics for various years.
Torino 2006 - Paralympic Games: The portal of the IX edition of the Paralympic Winter Games in Italy.
Athens 2004 Paralympics: Details of event held in Greece two weeks after the Olympic Games. Sports, history, classifications, training guide and tickets.

Special Olympics

Special Olympics is an international nonprofit organization* dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. Special Olympics offers children and adults with intellectual disabilities year-round training and competition in 26 Olympic-type summer and winter sports

Special Olympics World Games: Special Olympics currently serves more than 2.25 million persons with intellectual disabilities in more than 200 Programs in more than 150 countries. Those numbers are the result of an overwhelmingly successful Campaign for Growth that began in 2000.

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Paralympics Winter and Summer Games

Ice Sledge Hockey

Overcoming disabilities

PARALYMPIC GAMES

A challenge beyond sport

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