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IPC Athletics European Championships
25-28 June

STADSKANAAL 2012 - Media Centre

News - Athletics

A visually impaired women and her guide running on the track of a stadium
Athletics

La città di Grosseto ospiterà i Campionati Europei di atletica paralimpica del 2016, anno delle Paralimpiadi di Rio.

A picture of women running on a tracking field
Athletics

Italian world champion Caironi hoping this weekend's Grand Prix can improve her form ahead of August's Europeans.

A visually impaired women and her guide running on the track of a stadium
Athletics

2016 IPC Athletics European Championships will take place in Grosseto, Italy, less than three months before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

An ice sledge hockey player skates up to his teammate to celebrate.
Para Ice Hockey

The IPC’s Editorial Co-ordinator outlines some of the most insightful, funny and enlightening Paralympians in the world to interview.

A picture of a man on the starting block
Athletics

The sixth IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the season will see 341 athletes from 32 countries gather in Italy.

Wheelchair racer crosses the finish line
Athletics

So determined is Dutch wheelchair racer Stefan Rusch to retain his sprint titles that he is putting his 21st birthday celebrations on hold this Saturday (31 May) to compete in the Dutch National Championships.

Two people give a thumbs up and a peace sign in front of a "Say No! to Doping" sign.
Athletics

Find how a revised World Anti-Doping Code for athletes will be implemented starting in 2015.

Marcel Hug powers to victory in the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Athletics

With the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships less than three months away, Great Britain’s David Weir has said Marcel Hug is now the man to beat in the T54 wheelchair racing class but still remains confident of winning titles at Swansea 2014.

A woman speaks at a podium.
Athletics

The Brazilian and Japanese track athletes have been named in the top 50 most marketable athletes in the year for 2014.

Screenshot of the new look IPC Athletics unrolled a new-look www.IPC-Athletics.org.
Athletics

The latest website development ensures the sport has the opportunity to showcase its own identity as the largest para-sport in the world.

Marlou Van Rhijn on her way to smashing the 400m T43 world record in Nottwil in May 2014
Athletics

Five world records broken on the final day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Marcel Hug powers to victory in the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Athletics

On a thrilling day of athletics, Hug beat Weir twice whilst elsewhere there were five world records brokem at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Belgium's Marieke Vervoort was in great form in her comeback in Nottwil after four months out injured.
Athletics

After being told she would never race again, the 35-year-old Paralympic champion broke the 16-year-old European record.

A woman looks up as she races in a wheelchair at the front of the pack with fans along the side of the road.
Athletics

The T54 wheelchair racer will compete in front of a familiar crowd in the fifth stop on the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft on her way to a new 200m T34 world record in Nottwil, Switzerland in May 2014.
Athletics

First day of IPC Athletics Grand Prix also saw Marcel Hug beat David Weir over 10,000m

A man with a silver helmet and red jersey leans forward on his racing wheelchair
Athletics

The IPC Athletics Grand Prix moves to Nottwil, Switzerland, for the first European leg of the series, headlined by the Saturday evening session.

Marlou van Rhijn
Athletics

The Netherlands’ superstar world and Paralympic champion sprinter will compete over 400m at the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Switzerland.

The back of Luis Felipe Gutierrez Rivero is seen as he jumps over the high bar.
Athletics

Allianz and Paralympic Movement strengthen their ties

Raymond Martin celebrates
Athletics

America's Raymond Martin and German Vanessa Low set provisional new marks at the fourth IPC Athletics Grand Prix of 2014.

Shirley Reilly
Athletics

Paralympic champion Shirley Reilly has a new racing wheelchair for her 2014 Grand Prix debut in Arizona, aiming to prepare for the rematch between Switzerland’s Manuela Schaer in Europe later in the month.