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This presentation is about para olympians

1. History of Paralympics games and famous Para O lympians of the world Dr. Sukhdeep kaur Principal A C E Mastuana Sahib Sangrur

2. History of Paralympics *Sport for athletes with an impairment has existed for more than 100 years, and the first sport clubs for the deaf were already in existence in 1888 in Berlin. *It was not until after World War II however, that it was widely introduced. The purpose of it at that time was to assist the large number of war veterans and civilians who had been injured during wartime. *In 1944, at the request of the British Government, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann opened a spinal injuries centre at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Great Britain, and in time, rehabilitation sport evolved to recreational sport and then to competitive sport.

3. * On 29 July 1948, the day of the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948 Game, Dr. Guttmann organised the first competition for wheelchair athletes which he named the Stoke Mandeville Games, a milestone in Paralympics history. They involved 16 injured servicemen and women who took part in archery. *In 1952, Dutch ex-servicemen joined the Movement and the International Stoke Mandeville Games were founded. These Games later became the  Paralympic Games which first took place in Rome, Italy *In 1960 featuring 400 athletes from 23 countries. Since then they have taken place every four years. * In 1976 the first Winter Games in Paralympics history were held in Sweden, and as with the Summer Games, have taken place every four years, and include a Paralympics Opening Ceremony and Paralympics Closing Ceremony .

4. *Since the Summer Games of Seoul, Korea in 1988 and the Winter Games in Albertville, France in 1992 the Games have also taken part in the same cities and venues as the Olympics due to an agreement between the IPC and IOC. *1960 , under the aegis of the World Federation of ex-servicemen, an International Working Group on Sport for the Disabled was set up to study the problems of sport for persons with an impairment. It resulted in the creation, in 1964, of the International Sport Organisation for the Disabled (IOSD) who offered opportunities for those athletes who could not affiliate to the International Stoke Mandeville Games visually impaired, amputees, persons with cerebral palsy and paraplegics .

5. *At the start, 16 countries were affiliated to ISOD and the organisation Pushed very hard to include blind and amputee athletes into the  Toronto 1976 Paralympics and athletes with cerebral palsy in 1980 in Arnhem. Its aim was to embrace all impairments in the future and to act as a Co-coordinating Committee. Nevertheless, other disability-orientated international organizations such as the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) and International Blind Sports Federation  (IBSA) were founded in 1978 and 1980. The four international organisations experienced the need of coordinating the Games so they created the "International Co-coordinating Committee Sports for the Disabled in the World“ ( ICC) in 1982 .

6. *The ICC was originally composed of the four presidents of CPISRA , IBSA , ISMGF and ISOD the general secretaries and one additional member (in the beginning it was the Vice-President, and later on the Technical Officer). The International Committee of Sport for the Deaf ( CISS) and International Sports Federations for Persons with an Intellectual Disability (INAS-FID) joined in 1986, but the deaf still maintained their own organisation . However, the member nations demanded more national and regional representation in the organisation . *Finally , on 22 September 1989, the International Paralympic Committee was founded as an international non-profit organisation in Dusseldorf, Germany to act as the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement .

7. The word “ Paralympic ” derives from the Greek preposition “ para ” (beside or alongside) and the word “Olympic”. Its meaning is that Paralympics are the parallel Games to the Olympics and illustrates how the two movements exist side-by-side.

8. Main Para Olympians of the world The most successful Paralympics athelete ever is Trischa Zorn. Born blind , she won 55 medals in total -41 gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze medals –between 1980 and 2004 and for the united States. Trischa Zorn Swimmer

9. Ragnhild Myklebust holds the record for the most ever medals won at the winter Paralympics . The Norwegian skipper suffers from polio and won 22 gold , 3 silver and 2 bronze medals between 1988 and 2002. Myklebust has also won her Paralympics medals in different disciplines : short , middle and long distance cross-country races, relays, biathlons v and ice sledge racing . Ragnhild Myklebust Skier

10. Helena Lucas was born on 29 April 1975 in England. She was born with a defect in both of her thumbs which makes her eligible to compete in Paralympic events. Lucas initially focused on competing in the 470 class in non-disabled competition, attempting to qualify to compete for Great Britain at both the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Games. In 2006, she stood in for Shirley Robertson as a member of the British crew in the Yngling event at a test event for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China; competing alongside Annie Lush and Lucy MacGregor , she won a silver medal. Helena Lucas Sailor

11. Jonas Jacobsson Shooter Swedish shooter Jonas Jacobsson , who is paralysed from the waist down since birth , has been a top performing male Paralympians since he won his 16 th gold in 2008. From 1980 to 2012 he competed in nine consecutive summer Paralympics and has won 17 gold , 4 silver and 9 bronze medals for Sweedon .

12. Retired athlete Michael Edgson , who is visually impaired, qualifies as one of the greatest Paralympic athletes of all time after winning a staggering 18 gold medals between 1984 and 1992. From the age of 14 onward Edgson has competed in both disability and able –bodied swimming events. During his carrer he set nine world records . Michael Edgson Swimmer

13. Franz Nietlispach (born 2 April 1958) is a Swiss wheelchair athlete, hand cyclist, and politician. He has competed in every Summer Paralympics Games from 1976 to 2008, winning a total of fourteen gold, six silver, and two bronze medals. At the 2008 Beijing Games, Nietlispach competed only in cycling; this was the first time he appeared at the Paralympics without participating in an athletics event. He also competed in table tennis early in his career, taking part in that sport at the 1976 and 1980 Paralympics. He has won the men's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon five times. He has also held political office in Aargau . Franz Nietlispach Cyclist

14. Sir David Lee Pearson , CBE (born 4 February 1974) is a 11-times paralympic games gold medallist having represented Britian in Sydney, Athens, Beijing , London and Rio. Over the course of his career he has won 30 gold medals at European, World and Paralympic level. David Lee Pearson Horse Rider

15. Gold Murlikant Petkar 1972 Heidelberg Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle 3 Indian Paralympians

16.  Silver Bhimrao Kesarkar 1984 New York Athletics Men's Javelin Bhimrao Kesarkar

17. Silver Joginder Singh Bedi 1984 New York Athletics Men's Shot Put Joginder Singh Bedi  Bronze Joginder Singh Bedi 1984 New York Athletics Men's Javelin & Discus Throw

18.  Gold Devendra Jhajharia 2004 Athens Athletics Men's Javelin Devendra Jhajharia

19.  Bronze Rajinder Singh Rahelu 2004 Athens Power Lifting Men's 56 kg Rajinder Singh Rahelu

20. Silver Girisha Nagarajegowda 2012 London Athletics Men's High Jump Girisha Nagarajegowda

21. Silver Deepa Malik 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's Shot Put Deepa Malik

22.  Bronze Varun Singh Bhati 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's High Jump Varun Singh Bhati

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