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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Aurélie Rivard avec l’argent, Tully Kearney médaillée de bronze et Élodie Lorandi qui a remporté l’or sur le podium ce soir.
Swimming

Athletes recognised for their performances at the Pan Pacific Para-swimming Championships.

Upper body of a man, decorated with awards
Summer Sports

His Excellency succeeds Sir Phil Holmes at Paralympics New Zealand

Tatyana McFadden
Summer Sports

The theme of this year’s United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities is “Sustainable Development: The Promise of Technology”

Brazil's Number 10 Ricardinho
Blind Football

Brazilian Paralympic Committee announce names of six athletes in the running for best athlete of the year.

Will Bayley
Table Tennis

Para-athletes from table tennis, wheelchair tennis and alpine skiing nominated.

Women with headscarfs lined up
Rio 2016

The Iranian women’s sitting volleyball team qualified for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games for the very first time, after reaching the final at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games.

A picture of a man without his right leg preparing himself to a swimming race
Rio 2016

Events will be held in all five continents next year as the sport gears up for its Paralympic debut at Rio 2016.

Group shot of around 20 people
Ghana

The Agitos Foundation has been named as a nominee in the Best Disability Sports Contributor category for the Ghana Sports Excellence Awards 2014.

Two men jumping on the podium
Alpine Skiing

The Spanish para-alpine skier and his guide were presented with the gold medal of the “Real Order of the Sporting Excellence” for their achievements at La Molina 2013.

Margaret Talbot

Former Chair of the IPC Education Committee passed away on Tuesday 2 December.

Women in racing wheelchair
Athletics

Swiss para-athlete of the year to be announced on 14 December.

Man on a bike in racing suit, racing on a track
Cycling

Czech world champion received prestigious award from the Czech Cycling Federation

The being Active in the UK guide supports more English people with an impairment to enjoy an active lifestyle.
Great Britain

Published ahead of the International Day of Disabled People, the guide aims to get more people with an impairment in England active.

Man in wheelchair, holding tennis racket in triumphing pose
Brazil

Six athletes including world and European champions have been shortlisted for November’s accolade

Biathlon Vuokatti
Badminton

Winter sport dominates December’s schedule but sailing and para-badminton events will also be held.

Portrait picture of smiling women
New Zealand

Rachel Froggatt will join the organisation in the newly created position of Commercial and Marketing Director.

Women in hand-bike racing on a road
Cycling

Handcycling world champions were amongst the 15 winners at the 2014 ceremony held in Johannesburg.

Visually Impaired Shooting test event
Shooting

IPC Shooting has announced that a Grand Prix event as part of the development of visually impaired shooting will be held in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain, between 28-30 January 2015.

Group shot of people posing for the camera
Germany

Awards for Schaffelhuber, Rehm and the women’s wheelchair basketball team, plus a prize of honour for Wilfried Lemke

Defender trying to stop a football player on a blues field of play
America

Seventeen players are this week (30 November-7 December) taking part in a training camp ahead of a busy 2015 season