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	Canadian Paralympic Committee - Goalball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Goalball was invented in Europe in 1946 and was used for sport and rehabilitation for the post World War II blind veterans.
		Goalball is played by male and female athletes with blindness/visual impairment and athletes wear ‘flout’ masks on the playing court.
		Goalballs weigh 1.25kg and contain noise bells and along with raised lines on the court, help to orientate the players.
	www.paralympic.ca /page?a=285&lang=en-CA (572 words)

	Goalball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Goalball is a team sport designed for blind athletes.
		It was devised by an Austrian, Hanz Lorenzen, and a German, Sepp Reindle, in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans.
		The sport's first championship was held in 1978 and goalball became a full part of the Paralympics from the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem onwards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goalball (390 words)

	Paralympic Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since 1988, the Summer Paralympics have been held in the conjunction with the Olympic Games in the same host city.
		This practice was adopted in 1992 for the Winter Paralympics, and became an official policy of the International Olympic Committee and the IPC following a June 19, 2001 agreement.
		Dwarfism, multiple sclerosis or birth deformities of the limbs such as that caused by thalidomide are examples of this.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paralympic_Games (678 words)

	Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind - Goalball
		Goalball is also a USABA (United States Association of Blind Athletes) sanctioned sport.
		Goalball is an aggressive team sport that combines strategy, power and quickness.
		Goalball increases cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, mobility skills, agility, auditory awareness and tracking and improves overall perceived self-confidence and self-efficacy.
	www.asdb.state.az.us /southern/tucson/athletics/goalball/home.html (227 words)

	Goalball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Goalball was invented in 1946 by an Austrian Hanz Lorenzen and a...
		Goalball was invented in 1946 by an Austrian Hanz Lorenzen and a German, Sett Reindle...
		Goalball originated in Europe and is the only international team sport for the vision impaired played at the Paralympics.
	www.electronicsview.com /Sports/Goalball (805 words)

	Sport - Goalball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Goalball is an official sport at the Paralympic Games for athletes who are blind and visually impaired.
		Goalball is a team sport played by athletes who are blind or visually impaired, namely those who satisfy the IBSA criteria for participation in blind sports.
		Goalball rules may be accessed on the IPC web site at http://www.paralympic.org.
	edweb6.educ.msu.edu /kin866/spgoalball.htm (902 words)

	United States Association of Blind Athletes
		Paralympic athletes go through rigorous training year-round to prepare for their respective events.
		The 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games was held 10 days after the Centennial Olympic Games and boasted being the second largest sporting event in the world to date, second only to the Olympic Games.
		Following the theme "Triumph of the Human Spirit," the Paralympic Games is proud of the tradition it has established to bring elite disabled athletic competition to the forefront of public consciousness.
	www.usaba.org /Pages/sportsinformation/paralympics.html (817 words)

	Paralympic Games History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The fundamental philosophy guiding the Paralympic movement is that athletes with disabilities should have opportunities to pursue their goals in sport equivalent to those of non-disabled athletes.
		Athletes who compete in the Paralympics set their sights on the dream of winning a gold medal, are committed to strenuous training regimes and meet strict qualifying standards to be selected to their national team.
		The 1996 Paralympic Games marks the first time athletes with a mental handicap will be included in athletics with events scheduled in the 200m and long jump for both men and women.
	www.cwba.ca /program/parahsty.html (2879 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2000 Paralympics - Preview of the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games - Wednesday September 20, 2000 10:28 AM
		The Paralympic Torch Relay begins at Parliament House in Canberra on Oct. 4,when it will be lit by a local Aboriginal group.
		Athletics -- The largest Paralympic sport in terms of the number of competitors and spectators, athletics became part of the Paralympic Games in 1960 and is open to all impairment classes.
		Goalball -- Goalball became a Paralympic sport at Seoul 1988 and is played by visually impaired athletes.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /paralympics/news/2000/09/15/game_preview (1055 words)

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		It was invented in 1946 in an effort to rehabilitate the blind veterans from World War II and was introduced to the world in 1976 at the Paralympics in Toronto.
		Goalball competitions are set apart from all other Paralympic events due to the unique atmosphere inside the playing venue.
		Goalball is played by male and female athletes with blindness/visual impairment and athletes wear ‘flout’ masks on the playing court, which allows persons with varying degrees of vision to participate together.
	www.paralympic.org /release/Summer_Sports/Goalball/index.html (302 words)

	London Paralympic Games 2012 - Disabled Olympics
		While the Olympics went to Mexico in 1968, the Paralympics were staged in Israel and four years later were held in Heidelberg while the Olympics were in Munich.
		The Paralympic Organising Committee received little help from their Olympic counterparts and athletes complained about the facilities in the Olympic Village and about the city's transport system.
		However, it was not all bad - Atlanta was the first Paralympic games to benefit from having world-wide sponsors, athletes with learning disabilities were integrated into the main programme, equestrian was added to the list of sports, with sailing and wheelchair rugby being included as demonstration events.
	www.apparelyzed.com /london-paralympic-games/index.html (981 words)

	John A. Moran Eye Center ~ Community Outreach
		Goalball is a sport that was created after World War II in an effort to give blinded veterans a physical activity.
		Today Goalball is played by thousands of blind children and teens around the world.
		When asked what its like to watch his daughter play Goalball, one of the parents at a recent Salt Lake tournament said, "It's like watching her do reverse basketball dunks while wearing a blindfold - over and over again!"
	uuhsc.utah.edu /MoranEyeCenter/outreach/goalball.html (348 words)

	Goalball
		GOALBALL is a three-a-side game which was invented in 1946 to help rehabilitate blinded war veterans.
		Since that time, goalball has increased in popularity and is now a Paralympic sport that is played all over the world.
		The ball itself is the size and weight of a basketball, weighs around 1kg, is flat and so does not bounce and has a bell inside it so that the blindfolded players can only hear and move in response to its sound and try to stop the ball entering their goal.
	www.sussexsport.org /main.asp?page=1013 (276 words)

	Goalball.SportXy.com: goalball
		The popularity of Goalball has increased and is now played competitively in all regions of the...
		Goalball is een balsport voor mensen met een...
		van 1976 was goalball een demonstratiesport en sinds...
	goalball.sportxy.com /content/goalball.html (577 words)

	ABC Coverage of the Sydney Paralympic Games 2000 - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Each Paralympic sport is an elite competition for athletes with a physical, visual or intellectual disability.
		Others, such as goalball and boccia are unique to the Paralympic programme.
		For example, judo and goalball are played only by vision-impaired athletes, football is played only by cerebral palsy athletes, whereas sports like swimming and athletics are open to all six disability categories.
	www.abc.net.au /paralympics/sports/default.htm (230 words)

	IBSA - International Blind Sports Federation - Technical Department Section / (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Goalball was invented in 1946 by Austrian, Hanz Lorenzen, and German Sepp Reindle, in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of blinded war veterans.
		The game was introduced to the world in 1976 at the Paralympics in Toronto, Canada and has been played at every Paralympic since.
		Since that time the popularity of goalball has increased to where it is played competitively in all IBSA regions.
	www.ibsa.es /eng/deportes/goalball/presentacion.htm (97 words)

	.:: Lieven Coudenys - Online Portfolio ::.
		With some 4000 of the world's best athletes with a disability from 143 countries competing, the Paralympics are the second largest sport event in the world!
		Competed in the 400, 800 and 1500m and won bronze at the marathon in class T51.
		Paralympic champion Josandeacute; Javier Conde (ESP) and silver medal winner Mark Brown (GBR) in class T46.
	www.coudenys.be /en/freelance/paralympics_summer.htm (255 words)

	Goalball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Congratulations to the ISVI Goalball team members as the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired (ISVI) hosted its first goalball competition in the school's history.
		Team Illinois next competed in the 2006 NCASB Goalball Championships hosted by the Missouri School for the Blind on Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4, 2006.
		A goalball rule, known as the "mercy rule" is applied when a team has a 10-goal advantage; the game is then ended.
	www.morgan.k12.il.us /isvi/Goalball.htm (1068 words)

	Disabled Sports USA
		Paralympic Family Members, National Chefs de Mission, official guests, and media representatives will be housed in central Athens hotels, which also have a high percentage of accessible rooms and common domain areas.
		Paralympic Torch Relay will stop at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, one of the ancient monuments where cultural events still take place.
		An all-expenses paid trip to the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games is the prize for six student athletes with disabilities, together with their coaches, following judging of an essay contest by officials of the U.S. Paralympic Academy.
	dsusa.org /ChallMagarchive/Summer04/challmag-summer04-Athens2004.html (1660 words)

	WMU News - Paralympic goalball teams have strong WMU connection
		In addition, U.S. goalball men's team head coach John Bakos is a recent graduate of the WMU Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies.
		He is joined by nine goalball athletes who are current WMU students or graduates, attended sports camps at WMU or work at the University.
		The U.S. Paralympics are officially a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
	www.wmich.edu /wmu/news/2004/09/037.html (473 words)

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		The criteria for belonging to the Paralympic Movement is formal membership or recognition by the IPC.
		The Paralympics and the Special Olympics are similar in that they both focus on sport for athletes with a disability and are run by international non-profit organizations.
		Apart from that, the Paralympics and the Special Olympics differ in three main areas: 1) the disability categories of the athletes that they work with, 2) the criteria under which athletes participate, and 3) the structure of their respective organizations.
	www.paralympic.org /opencms/release/Main_Sections_Menu/faq.html (1908 words)

	Goalball - VISACT
		Goalball is a game unique to people who are blind or vision impaired.
		Each team is made up of three players who take turns to throw the ball from one end to the other.
		Goalball is a very popular international sport and teams compete every four years at the Paralympic games.
	www.visact.org.au /sports/goalball/index.html (140 words)

	.:: OTE Paralympic Games
		Goalball is played by both men and women athletes.
		Powerlifting competitions during the Athens Paralympic Games will be completed over seven days, from 20 to 27 September 2004, with a rest day in 23 September 2004.
		During the Paralympics Sailing events, athletes compete in Sonar and 2.4mR classes.
	www.ote.gr /grsp/english/psports3.htm (482 words)

	Goalball
		Goalball is a team sport for the vision impaired and is played in over one hundred countries around the world.
		Goalball is played at the Paralympic Games every four years.
		Goalball is an indoor sport where two teams of three players try to throw an audible ball in to the opposing team's goal whilst trying to prevent the other team from doing the same.
	www.blindsports.org.au /goalball.htm (237 words)

	Goalball - British Paralympic Association
		Goalball was invented in Europe in 1946 and was used for sport and rehabilitation for the post WWII blind veterans.
		The game was introduced to the world in 1976 at the Paralympic Games in Toronto, Canada and the first world championships were held in Austria in 1978.
		Women first competed in goalball at the 1984 Paralympic Games in New York, USA.
	www.paralympics.org.uk /page.asp?section=0001000100050007&itemTitle=Goalball (61 words)

	Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Athlete Profile - Warren Lawton (Goalball) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Warren Lawton is something of an institution at the Paralympics.
		The 34-year-old Queenslander has represented Australia at four Paralympic Games in three sports, beginning in New York in 1984 when he took home a bronze in the high jump.
		When he is not fighting his way through a tense match of goalball, Lawton likes to pack up the family and head out fishing.
	www.abc.net.au /paralympics/profiles/lawton.htm (239 words)

	NSCIA:
		Boccia is played by those with cerebral palsy, Goalball is played by those with blindness, Powerlifting is competed in by those with cerebral palsy, dwarfism, and paraplegia.
		There is an important distinction to be made regarding the Paralympic Games: they are not the Special Olympics, which are held for people with developmental disabilities as a motivational experience, and to foster community.
		Paralympic athletes in most countries outside of the United States are provided for commensurate with their fellow Olympians, given equal access to training facilities, training subsidies, insurance, prize money, status, and overall athlete services.
	www.spinalcord.org /news.php?dep=0&page=15&list=270 (719 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - NEWS
		From 26 to 28 March 2004, the Paralympic sport of goalball and the Olympic sport of handball's Sports Events were held at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex.
		Goalball is an exclusively Paralympic sport that is played by both men and women with vision impairments.
		The objective of the game is for each team to roll the ball, with their hands, to the opposite side of the court and score a goal, while the opposing players try to block the ball with any part of their bodies.
	www.olympic.org /uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=374 (405 words)

	Minnesota Goalball
		John Mulhern (Lebanon, Pa.) was the lone carryover from the 2004 U.S. Paralympic Goalball Team that won the bronze medal in Athens.
		Goalball is a team sport played by blind and visually impaired athletes around the world.
		A team of three athletes on each side of the court aims to launch a ball at speeds of more than 30mph into the opposing side's goal on an indoor volleyball-sized court.
	www.mngoalball.org /lithunia.html (381 words)

	United States Association of Blind Athletes
		Five members of the 2004 U.S. Paralympic Men’s Goalball Team will take on the world’s best in Spartanburg, while four players from the 2004 women’s team that went to Athens will be a part of the host country’s women’s squad.
		The men’s team will compete at the Slovenia International Goalball Tournament, May 25-28 in Isola, Slovenia, while the women will be in Malmo, Sweden, for the Malmo International Invitational May 28-29.
		Goalball is a Paralympic sport played by athletes who are blind and visually impaired.
	www.usaba.org /Pages/usabaheadlines/goalball/Goalball_Rosters_Set.html (270 words)

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		Goalball is exclusively a sport for athletes with a visual impairment and was introduced for the first time at the Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games.
		The Paralympic sport of Goalball was highlighted at the 4th Pan American Games held in San Paolo, Brazil, from 3 to 11 September.
		For the first time, Goalball was part of this multi-sport competition and a big success.
	www.paralympic.org /release/Summer_Sports/Goalball/News/index.html?print=true (570 words)

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