The 1976 Olympic gold medallist is one of four new appointments that Paralympics New Zealand have made as they aim for a record medal haul at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Athletics
Great British Paralympic champion Cockroft was inspired by poor dealings in the past to launch her own business venture.
Alpine Skiing
Media accreditation for the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships now open
Rio 2016
The goal is to reduce, compensate and mitigate carbon emissions to stimulate the low carbon economy
Iran
Iranian team finished fourth at the Asian Para Games winning 120 medals
PyeongChang 2018
The President observed the preparations for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and was greeted by over 120 people.
Para Ice Hockey
The state-of-the-art venue for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A-Pool World Championships has opened in Buffalo, New York, USA.
Athletes from Asia dominated para-sport in October, with history also being made in Gambia.
Athletics
Reacting to an online blog that labelled wheelchair racing “not elite sport”, US wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki challenges Olympians to support Paralympians to be recognised as elite athletes in the media.
Athletics
The USA’s Tatyana McFadden recovered from a fall to win the New York Marathon, with Australia’s Kurt Fearnley scooping the men’s title.
Table Tennis
The new IPC anti-doping code has been published, Australia are set to host the first ever integrated table tennis tournament and more.
Wheelchair Tennis
November will see the IBSA Football 5-a-side World Championships, the IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport European Championships and more.
A prosthesis, prosthetic, or prosthetic limb is a manufactured extension that replaces a missing body part. It comes from a Greek word which means ‘addition’.
Shooting
The Asian Para Games took centre stage in October, with the Ice Sledge Hockey 4 Nations Cup another highlight of the sporting month.
Alpine Skiing
The Austrian duo received the awards after their medal winning performances at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Portugal
IPC President Sir Philip Craven travelled to Lisbon to attend the congress.
Great Britain
The award, in partnership with Sky Sports, sees Stephanie Slater, Jordanne Whiley, Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans and Libby Clegg all nominated.
Athletics
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations awarded gold to Swansea 2014 in the Best Sporting Campaign Category
Biathlon
The group responsible for developing IPC Nordic Skiing will be led by former athlete Rob Walsh for another four years.
Rio 2016
Jono Wing and Stuart Hogg have both taken on new state-of-the-art boats in a bid to reach the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.