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Paralympics
history
The man who invented the Paralympics was the English
neurosurgeon Sir Ludwig Guttman. On 28 july 1948,
the opening day of the London Olympic Games, a sports
competition for World War II veterans with spinal
cord injuries was held and twelve years later, in
Rome, Italy, 1960, Guttman's “impossible” dream
came true when the first disabled persons entered
the Olympics.
The word "Paralympics" stand for "parallel" Olympics and is open for disabled athletes. From 1988 in Seoul, Korea, the Paralympic Summer Games has been held in the same year as the Olympics. The Paralympicsd are for athletes from six different disability groups.
Paralympic
Summer Games
In Rome in 1960 400 athletes from 23 countries participated. Forty years later in Sydney 4,000 athletes from 128 countries participated in 18 sports making Sydney the biggest Paralympics ever. From 1988 in Seoul, Korea, the Paralympics have been taken place at the same venues as the Olympics.
Paralympic
Winter Games
In 1976 in Ornskoldsvik in Sweden was the first
international winter games arranged for disabled
persons. Over 250 athletes from 14 countries took
part. In 1992 the first winter Paralympics was held
at the Albertville Winter Games in France.
Since Seoul in 1988 and Albertville in 1992 the Paralympic Games have also taken place at the same venues as the Olympics.
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