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 Paralympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a sports competition in 1948 which became known as the Stoke Mandeville Games, involving World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries; in 1952 competitors from the Netherlands took part in the competition, giving an international notion to the movement.
The first Winter Paralympics were held in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden in 1976.
The new Paralympic logo consists of three elements in red, blue and green—the three colours that are most widely represented in national flags around the world.
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 Winter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Winter Winter is one of the four February in the Northern hemisphere.
Winter (village), Wisconsin Winter is a village located in 2000 census, the village had a total population of 344.
Winter of discontent The winter of discontent was the Richard III.
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 Encyclopedia: 1984 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The XIV Olympic Winter Games were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
At the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, one Ice Hockey event was held: mens Ice Hockey.
See also: 1968 Winter Paralympics The X Olympic Winter Games were held in 1968 France and opened on Norway won the most medals, the first time a country other than the Soviet Union had done so since the Soviet Union first entered the Winter Games in 1956.
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 Station Information - Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a special Olympics for disabled athletes.
Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a sports competition in 1948 which became known as the Stoke Mandeville Games, involving World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries; in 1952 competitors from the Netherlands took part.
The first Olympic Style games for disabled athletes were held in Rome in 1960 which became the Paralympics.
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 Encyclopedia: 1984 Winter Paralympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
See also: 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Paralympic Games were the second winter Paralympics and they were held in Geilo, Norway.
See also: 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games were the fourth winter Paralympics and they were held in Innsbruck, Austria.
See also: 1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Paralympics were the first winter Paralympics to be held concurrently with the Olympics.
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 Encyclopedia: Paralympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Arnhem is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, located on the Lower Rhine and the capital of the Gelderland province.
Stoke Mandeville is a village to the south of Aylesbury in the county of Buckinghamshire.
Paralympics Deaflympics (previously called Deaf World Games) the Games are for deaf people to compete at an elite level.
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 1984 winter olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Games of the XIV Winter Olympiad were held in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
The first Winter Games held in a socialist country.
Skier Jure Franko won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympics medal; a silver in the giant slalom.
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 BBC SPORT | Winter Olympics 2002 | Paralympics | Paralympics down the decades
In a relatively short time, the Paralympic Winter Games has established itself as a major event on the Olympic calendar.
The winter event may only be 26 years old - a fledgling by Olympic standards - but the concept is much older.
The 1988 Paralympic Summer Games in Seoul, Korea, is often considered the beginning of the modern Paralympics, shifting from a "rehab" model to one of sport and athletic competition.
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 1984 Winter Olympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The XIV Olympic Winter Games were held in 1984 in (Capital and largest city of Bosnia; scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I) Sarajevo, (A mountainous republic in southeastern Europe) Yugoslavia.
The first Winter Games held in a (A socialist who advocates communism) Communist country.
Skier (additional info and facts about Jure Franko) Jure Franko won Yugoslavia's first Winter Olympic medal; a silver in the (additional info and facts about giant slalom) giant slalom.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
1984 is the title of several albums: 1984, released by a British keyboardist of Rick Wakeman in 1981.1984, released by an American heavy metal group Van Halen in 1984.1984, released by an American punk group Roger Miret and the Disasters in 2005.
The "1984" Commercial or "Apple's '1984' commercial" are common terms used to refer to the television commercial that launched the Apple Macintosh personal computer in 1984.
The 1984 was an active season, but most of the storms were weak and stayed at sea.
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 Winter Paralympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Winter Paralympic Games operate under many of the same rules as the summer games and allow disabled athletes to compete in various winter sport competitions.
The International Paralympic Committee handed out what it considers to be its highest award this past week, to none other than the founder of the sports movement for the disabled, the revered Sir Ludwig Guttmann.
International Paralympic Committee president Phil Craven presented the award to Dr. Guttmann's daughter as Dr. Guttmann died in the spring of 1980.
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 first winter olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The first Winter Olympic Games were actually called "The International Winter Sports Week" and went on for...
The 1924 events were retroactively designated as the first Winter Olympics at the 1926 IOC Session...
This website is an independent publication and has not been authorized, sponsored or otherwise approved or affiliated by or with any of the companies or entities identified on this website.
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 1998 Winter Olympics Online Research :: Information about 1998 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
National Hockey League players were able to compete in men's Ice hockey due to a three week suspension of the competition.
Tara Lipinski, 15, won the women's figure skating title to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
Alpine skiing Hermann Maier (Austria) survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
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 NTU Info Centre: 1988 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 1988 Games were the last games where the Paralympics were not also held in the same city.
Curling, Freestyle skiing, short track speed skating and paralympic skiing were demonstration events.
For the first time in history the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, the speed skating events were held indoors on a covered rink, the alpine events took place on artificial snow, and warm Chinook winds not only threatenedto cancel events, but sent a ski jumper flying into a camera tower.
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 ipedia.com: 1998 Winter Olympics Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
See also: 1998 Winter Paralympics The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
Alpine skier Hermann Maier (Austria) survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
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 Paralympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Since the modern Paralympics include athletes with a wide variety of disabilities, the prefix para is now interpreted to mean parallel.
Although ski races for the disabled have been held since 1950, it was not until 16 years later that first Paralympic Winter Games were hosted in 1976 by Sweden.
The VIII Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 will be held March 7 -16, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and will feature the world's best disabled athletes.
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 1968 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The X Olympic Winter Games were held in 1968 Grenoble, France and opened on February 6.
Norway won the most medals, the first time a country other than the USSR had done so since the USSR first entered the Winter Games in 1956.
Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in all the alpine skiing events.
www.tocatch.info /en/1968_Winter_Olympics.htm   (133 words)

  
 sarajevo winter olympics - The olympics Depot
Ridding the bob sleigh run of leftover mines is just one of many obstacles Sarajevo must overcome in their bid to host the 2010 winter Olympic Games.
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 0040 ipc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
1964 paralympics summer - They do not signal a local yen for stout, but are the outcome of aggressive publicity and marketing.
1976 paralympics - The Paralympics are sometimes confused with the Special Olympics, which is a program that focuses on year.round sports and training for all people with an intellectual disability, not only elite athletes.
1984 summer paralympics - Road insurance and a motorcycle licence are also mandatory.
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 2002 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Australian skater Steven Bradbury, an honest competitor who had previously won a bronze as part of a relay team but well off the pace of the medal favourites, cruised off the pace in his semifinal only to see his competitors crash into each other, allowing him through to the final.
Bradbury was again well off the pace, but lightning struck again and all four other competitors crashed out in the final, leaving a jubilant Bradbury to take the most unlikely of gold medals, Australia's first in a Winter Olympic event.
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 1984 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 20 km race is added to women's Nordic skiing.
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean earned across-the-board perfect scores for artistic impression in the free dance figure skating competition.
(for the full table, see 1984 Winter Olympics medal count)
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 ipedia.com: 1988 Winter Olympics Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
See also: 1988 Winter Paralympics The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
For the first time in history the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, the speed skating events were held indoors on a covered rink, the alpine events took place on artificial snow, and warm Chinook winds not only threatened to cancel events, but sent a ski jumper flying into a camera tower.
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 CPC - Winter Games Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Downhill racing started as a demonstration event at the 1980 Winter Paralympics in Geilo, Norway.
The giant slalom was a demonstration event in 1984 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Sit-skiing was introduced as an Alpine event in 1988 at the Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
www.paralympic.ca /english/sports/sports/alpine_skiing.asp   (239 words)

  
 1984 Winter Olympics Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
1984 Winter Olympics Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
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 Paralympics Begin Today -- 2002 Winter Olympic News from KSL
The Paralympics begin today in Salt Lake City.
The Paralympic Journey of Fire is underway today in Salt Lake City.
Bonnie St. John, a medalist in the 1984 Paralympic Games, will share her inspirational story before lighting the cauldron.
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 1980 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The XIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America.
Another candidate city was Vancouver-Garibaldi, Canada; they withdrew before the final vote.
A film was made in 2004 based on the event called Miracle.
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 Innsbruck 1984
The 1984 Paralympic Winter Games were held in Innsbruck, Austria.
For the first time, an exhibition event was held at the Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo and 30 male three-track skiers took part in the Giant Slalom event.
After the successful implementation of Paralympic School Days (PSD) in Greece and Belgium, further PSDs were organized in Olomouc, Czech Republic, and Saldus, Latvia.
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 Paralympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Brown is familiar with high-level curling both as an athlete and as a wife and mother to former national champions.
As Paralympic team leader, Brown will serve as the USCA's primary coordinator for the team's planning, attend all U.S. Olympic Committee administrative meetings, and manage all team operations.
Many of the USA's wheelchair curling athletes are new to the sport and have been thrown into highly-competitive events earlier in their careers than most athletes.
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 1984 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sarajevo 1984: Virallinen olympiakirja = The official photo-monography of the Organizing Committee of the XIV Olympic Winter Games, Jugoslavia, Sarajevo 1984
...This is a two-tape set, consisting of the 1992 Winter Olympics Highlights (hosted by Tim McCarver and Paula Zahn) and the 1992 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Highlights (hosted by Verne Ludquist, Scott Hamilton, Katarina Witt and Tracy Wilson).
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