London 2012 Paralympics Sports
• Paralympic Archery
• Paralympic Athletics
• Boccia
• Paralympic Cycling - Road
• Paralympic Cycling - Track
• Paralympic Equestrian
• Football 5-a-side
• Football 7-a-side
• Goalball
• Paralympic Judo
• Powerlifting
• Paralympic Rowing
• Paralympic Sailing
• Paralympic Shooting
• Paralympic Swimming
• Paralympic Table Tennis
• Volleyball - Sitting
• Wheelchair Basketball
• Wheelchair Fencing
• Wheelchair Rugby
• Wheelchair Tennis
Paralympic Games Heritage
The UK is the birthplace of the Paralympic Games.
The London 2012 Paralympic Games are being planned together with the Olympic Games and will be something truly special.
The UK has a strong link to the Paralympic Games. In 1948, Dr Ludwig Guttmann organised a wheelchair archery competition at Stoke Mandeville hospital for World War II soldiers with spinal cord injuries.
The competition took place between sports clubs and other hospitals on the same day as the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948 Olympic Games.
Four years later, as more sports were added, athletes from Holland joined in and the international Paralympic Movement was born. Read more about Paralympic Games History on the International Paralympic Committee Website.
The UK has kept up its pioneering role in sport for athletes with disabilities and has staged many international events, including the World Swimming Championships and World Equestrian Championships (1994), as well as the World Athletics Championships (1998).
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, events for athletes with disabilities ran alongside the other competitions at the main venues.
LONDON PARALYMPICS 2012
Paralympics
29 August – 9 Sept 2012
The London 2012 Paralympic Games will run from Wednesday 29 August to Sunday 9 September, and they will be the second largest multi-sport event in the world.
The London 2012 Paralympic Games are being planned together with the Olympic Games and will be something very special. They will leave a memorable Paralympic sports legacy. The London Paralympic 2012 Games will be a huge festival of sport with the whole of the world watching events such as Boccia, Goalball, Wheelchair Tennis and Wheelchair Rugby.
The Paralympics in London in 2012 will be the 14th Games dedicated to athletes with physical disabilities
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