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| | World Wheelchair Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The World Wheelchair Games, formally known as the Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games and the Stoke Mandeville Games, gave birth to the Paralympics. |
 | | The Games started in 1948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmann who organized a sporting competition involving World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries. |
 | | The Games are held annually in Stoke Mandeville, England, the only exception having been in 1999 when they were held in Christchurch, New Zealand [1]. |
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