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  Encyclopedia: Paralympic Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The first Winter Paralympics were held in ×rnsköldsvik, 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.
Stoke Mandeville is a village to the south of Aylesbury in the county of Buckinghamshire.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Paralympic-Games   (2360 words)

  
 CBC Sports Online
While Paralympic biathletes require the same balance as their Olympic counterparts -- the strength and endurance of a cross-country skier, the calm and precision of a sharpshooter -- there are significant differences in the two versions of biathlon.
Paralympic biathletes ski around a 2.5km cross-country course three times, stopping twice to fire a rifle at a target 10m away.
An important development in Paralympic competition was the introduction of a new percentage system, which made its debut at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games, allowing athletes with different ability levels to compete with one another for the first time.
www.cbc.ca /sports/paralympics/nordic_skiing.html   (1620 words)

  
 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.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/paralympic_games.html   (187 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: 1992 Winter Paralympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The XVI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1992 in France.
Silver 2004 The Paralympic Games are an official equivalent of the Olympics for athletes with physical disabilities.
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1992-Winter-Paralympics   (629 words)

  
 Disability Central @ctivTeen > Special Features > Paralympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
At the 1992 Albertville Paralympics he took Gold in the Slalom; 4th in the Giant Slalom; Silver in the Super G and 8th in the Downhill.
At the 1994 Lillehammer Paralympics he took Silver in the Slalom Gold in the Giant Slalom; Bronze in the Super G and Bronze in the Downhill.
He began serious competitive skiing in the winter of 2001 and through DWA came to the attention of national alpine coach, Steve Bova and DWA development team coach, Craig Robinson.
disabilitycentral.com /activteen/magazine/features/canaparalympians.htm   (1449 words)

  
 1992 Definition / 1992 Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
1992 is a leap year starting on WednesdayThis is a calendar for any leap year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter ED) e.g.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali (born November 14, 1922) was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1992 to December 1996....
1992 is a memory resident, file infecting virus.
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 Paralympics on dope-alert - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
The Salt Lake Winter Paralympics open Thursday amid a growing awareness of the darker side to sports, a realization that some of its athletes have used illegal substances to boost performances.
International Paralympic Committee spokeswoman Susanne Reiff said there's never been a positive doping result at the Winter Paralympics, first staged in 1976 at Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.
After five cases in 1992 in Barcelona and none four years later in Atlanta, Reiff said there were 11 in Australia — 10 involving powerlifters.
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 Inside MS: The winter paralympics: setting new standards for excellence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The winter event is growing slowly, and it's small compared with the Summer Paralympics, which has 18 medal events from archery to volleyball and had, in Sydney in 2000, a turnout of 100,000 fans.
Among the winter torch-bearers taking the flame to Utah are Zoe Koplowitz, 14-time last-place "winner" in the New York City marathon; Kelly Walker Haley, a top fund-raiser and volunteer at the Colorado Chapter; and Pam Hensley, who has completed ten MS 150 bike events, despite her MS.
Winter is no time to stop your exercise program: new adaptive equipment is frequently being unveiled and new leagues and programs are offering the chance for people at all levels of skill to get involved.
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 NZDST_History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Winter sports for athletes with a disability gradually developed after World War II, as large numbers of injured soldiers and civilians tried to return to their skiing activities.
The first Paralympic Winter Games were held in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
By the third Paralympic Winter Games in 1984, which were held at Innsbruck, the Disabled Ski Team were winning the New Zealand's first medals in international skiing competition.
www.disabledsnowsports.org.nz /NZDST_History.html   (254 words)

  
 1988 winter olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
There are several sources for 1988 winter olympics and we select only the best for you because of the diligent research our staff has done.
1992 olympics - Paralympics Swimming Trials to Take Place at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center // by Beth Bason.U.S. 1992 paralympics summer - British Consulates are also located in Corfu, Heraklion, Kos, Patras, Rhodes, Thessaloniki, Syros and Zakynthos.
PARALYMPICS 2004 Explore Homepage » Paralympics Blog Athlete profiles 25 facts Headlines 'Dame Tanni' call after gold glory Athens says subdued goodbye Disabled man dies in Israeli raid More headlines » Messageboard Join in with the discussion on Ouch's lively messageboard.
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 Paralympic Games
The number of athletes participating in Summer Paralympic Games has increased from 400 athletes from 23 countries in Rome in 1960 to 3806 athletes from 136 countries in Athens in 2004.
Since the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games and the Albertville 1992 Winter Paralympic Games they have also taken place at the same venues as the Olympics.
The Italian city of Torino will host the next 2006 Paralympic Winter Games, whereas the Summer Paralympics 2008 will be in Beijing, China.
www.paralympic.org /release/Main_Sections_Menu/Paralympic_Games   (393 words)

  
 Paralympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This includes mobility disabilities, amputees, visual disabilities and those with Cerebral Palsy.
Following an anti-corruption drive the INAS-FID is currently lobbying to have such athletes reinstated.
IMNO Interviews Curt Brinkman Five-time Paralympic Gold Medallist
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Paralympics   (356 words)

  
 1992 winter olympics
The Games of the XVI Winter Olympiad were held in 1992 in Albertville, France.
The last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games.
Toni Nieminen, 16, became the youngest male winner of a Winter event.
www.fact-library.com /1992_winter_olympics.html   (189 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
The last Paralympic Summer Games were held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September 2004.
The next Summer Paralympics in 2008 will be held in Beijing, China, with the 2010 Winter Paralympics being staged from 12 to 21 March (2010) in Canada.
The IPC organises, supervises and coordinates the Paralympic Games and other multi-disability sports competitions at elite level, of which the most important are world and regional championships.
www.olympic.org /uk/games/paralympic/index_uk.asp   (541 words)

  
 1992 winter olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
At the 1992 XVI Olympic Winter Games, the USSR was no more; athletes from the world's largest country...
1992 Winter Paralympics The Games of the XVI Winter Olympiad were held in 1992...
The United States, seeded seventh in a 12-team field, stuns the mighty Soviet Union, 4-3, on its way to the 1980 gold medal in the greatest upset in Olympic hockey history.
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 1992 Paralympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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www.freeglossary.com /1992_Paralympics   (522 words)

  
 Winter-Paralympics 2006 - Wikipedia
Deutsche Behindertensportler wollen auch bei den Paralympics in Turin 2006 vorn sein «Wir werden eine bedeutende Rolle spielen.
Wir können jedoch die zu erwartenden Medaillen nicht mit der Ausbeute von Salt Lake City vergleichen.
Diesmal gibt es deutlich weniger Wettbewerbe und dadurch andere Startklassen», sagte Karl Quade, der wie schon in Athen Chef de Mission der Deutschen Paralympics Mannschaft in Turin sein wird, in Duderstadt zu Beginn des 14.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter-Paralympics_2006   (208 words)

  
 1992 Winter Paralympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
1992 Winter Paralympics -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
See also: (additional info and facts about 1992 Winter Olympics) 1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Paralympics were the first winter (additional info and facts about Paralympics) Paralympics to be held concurrently with the (The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country) Olympics.
absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1992_winter_paralympics.htm   (69 words)

  
 Paralympics Winter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Winter Paralympic Games operate under many of the same rules as the summer games and allow disable athletes to compete in various winter sport competitions.
Adaptive equipment, such as skis and sleds are used in some sports to make them accessible to disabled athletes.
The 1998 Winter Paralympics were held in Nagano Japan, a few short weeks after the Olympic Games.
www.aafla.org /7ig/InternationalGames/paralympwinter.htm   (71 words)

  
 Disabled Snowsports New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Rachael has studied Travel Tourism and Business at the Sir George Seymour College and is currently in the process of a Graduate Diploma in Business and Marketing at Massey University.
Lives in Winter Park Colorado USA, Coaches in the winter and a builder in the summer Alan is employed as a coach for the National Sports Center for the Disabled Winter Park for the past 4 years, and is working closely with Rachael and Steve in their build up to Salt Lake.
Winter Park has been a home for the NZ Disabled ski team since 1988, and has help produced our medal winners.
www.disabledsnowsports.org.nz /nz_team.html   (462 words)

  
 1992 Winter Olympics - Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: 1992 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Ski jumper Toni Nieminen, 16, became the youngest male winner of a Winter event.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, 1992 Winter Olympics; all previous versions may be viewed here.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: 2008 Summer Paralympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games will be the thirteenth Paralympics and they will be held in Beijing, China.
Mainland China is expected to field the most contestants.Dates will be September 6 - 17
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, 2008 Summer Paralympics; all previous versions may be viewed here.
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 2002 Winter Paralympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Winter Paralympics Category:Salt Lake City, Utah Category:Winter Paralympic Games
Information about the Olympic Winter Games 2002 in Salt Lake City.
Includes venues, schedules, Paralympics, link to official site and tickets.
www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=2002_Winter_Paralympics   (328 words)

  
 Around The Rings
Not much change needed, the Paralympics are going well
Hold the Paralympics before the Olympics as a test event
Require that all worldwide Olympic sponsorships include the Paralympics
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 Winter-Paralympics 1992 - netlexikon
Rom 1960 |; Tokio 1964 |; Tel Aviv 1968 |; Heidelberg 1972 |; Toronto 1976 |; Arnheim 1980 |; Stoke Mandleville/New York 1984 |; Seoul 1988 |; Barcelona 1992 | Atlanta 1996 |; Sydney 2000 |; Athen 2004
Örnsköldsvik 1976 |; Geilo 1980 |; Innsbruck 1984 |; Innsbruck 1988 |; Albertville 1992 | Lillehammer 1994 |; Nagano 1998 |; Salt Lake City 2002 |; Turin 2006
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 Paralympic Games - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Paralympic Games - Art History Online Reference and Guide
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The Paralympic Games are an official equivalent of the Olympics for athletes with physical disabilities.
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