Paralympic Games History
The Paralympic Games history dates back to 29 July 1948, coinciding with the Opening Ceremony of the 1948 Olympics in London. Coinciding with that event, Dr Guttmann, head of the spinal injuries department at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, organised the first competition for wheelchair athletes, which he called the Stoke Mandeville...
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- 1948 olympics
- 1948 stoke mandeville games
- adapted sport
- athletes with disabilities
- athletic wheelchair
- batec hybrid handbike
- disabled athletes
- dr Guttmann
- first paralympic games
- how did the paralympic games start
- hybrid handbike
- london olympic games
- ludwig Guttmann
- olympic and paralympic games
- olympic events
- olympic games
- Olympics
- olympics London
- origin of paralympic games
- Paralympians
- paralympic athletes
- paralympic games
- paralympic games history
- paralympic movement
- paralympic sports
- paralympic sports history
- paralympic wheelchair athlete
- paralympics
- paraplegic athlete
- paraplegic athletes
- people with disabilities
- stoke mandeville games
- tokyo paralympics
- wheelchair athletes
- wheelchair basketball
- wheelchair fencing
- wheelchair paralympic athletes
- wheelchair race
- wheelchairs. national paralympic committee
