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Chuck Aoki
Chuck Aoki also known as Charles Aoki (born 7 March 1991) is an American Paralympic wheelchair rugby player and a former wheelchair basketball player who currently plays for the United States national wheelchair rugby team. He initially pursued his career in wheelchair basketball before permanently switching to wheelchair rugby. He has represented United States at the Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2020. He is currently regarded as one of the top 3.0 classified players in the world. Biography Aoki was identified to be diagnosed with hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy soon after his birth. He was born with a rare genetic disorder which has inhibited the feeling in his hands and feet. Despite the health conditions, his behaviors were similar to the normal children and played baseball with his friends until the age of six. His mother once found that his knee began swelling and was found out that he had broken his femur. He continued walking normally like other children but he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins in timber and as the flour milling capital of the world. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Prior to European settlement, the site of Minneapolis was inhabited by Dakota people. The settlement was founded along Saint Anthony Falls on a section of land north of Fort Snelling; its growth is attributed to its proximity to the fort and the falls providing power for industrial activity. , the city has an estimated 425,336 inhabitants. It is the most populous city in the state and the 46th-most-populous city in the United States. Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities. Minneapolis has one of the most extensive public par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, problems related to old age, or disability. These can include spinal cord injuries ( paraplegia, hemiplegia, and quadriplegia), cerebral palsy, brain injury, osteogenesis imperfecta, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, and more. Wheelchairs come in a wide variety of formats to meet the specific needs of their users. They may include specialized seating adaptions, individualized controls, and may be specific to particular activities, as seen with sports wheelchairs and beach wheelchairs. The most widely recognized distinction is between motorized wheelchairs, where propulsion is provided by batteries and electric motors, and manual wheelchairs, where the propulsive force is provided either by the wheelchair user or occupant pushing the wheelchair by hand ("self-propelled"), by an attendant pushing from the rear using the handle( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Stockwell
Melissa Stockwell (born January 31, 1980) is an American two-time Paralympic triathlete, swimmer and former U.S. Army officer. Competing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in three swimming events, she returned to race in the 2016 Paralympic Games and won a bronze medal in the inaugural triathlon event on September 11, 2016. Military career She joined the ROTC at the University of Colorado in her sophomore year and was a senior in college when the September 11, 2001 attack happened. She had Transportation Officer Basic Course training in Virginia before being assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. She was deployed in March 2004 to Iraq. A first lieutenant, she was the first female soldier to lose a limb in the Iraq War. She lost her left leg when a roadside bomb exploded when she was leading a convoy in Baghdad. For her service in Iraq she was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. Following her retirement from the military she works as a prosthetist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations
The Be the Influence Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations is a wheelchair rugby tournament that took place on 18–20 September 2013 at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, St Mary’s Cathedral Square, Sydney. Three nations competed in the tournament, they were the United States national wheelchair rugby team, United States of America, Wheel Blacks, New Zealand and Australia national wheelchair rugby team, Australia. The USA won the tournament by defeating Australia in the final. Tournament Preliminary round Semifinal Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tri-Nations Wheelchair rugby competitions International rugby union competitions hosted by Australia 2013 in wheelchair rugby 2013 in Australian rugby union 2013 in New Zealand rugby union 2013 in American rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States At The 2012 Summer Paralympics
The United States competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9, 2012. Medallists The following American competitors won medals at the Games. Multiple medallists The following Team USA competitors won multiple medals at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Archery ;Men , - , align=left, Jeff Fabry , align=left rowspan=2, Individual compound W1 , 659 , 2 , , , W 7-1 , W 7-3 , W 6-2 , , - , align=left, Jerry Shields , 586 , 10 , , L 1-7 , colspan="4", did not advance , - , align=left, Dugie Denton , align=left rowspan=2, Individual compound open , 656 , 9 , W 6–2 , W 6–4 , L 4–6 , colspan=3, did not advance , - , align=left, Matt Stutzman , 685 , 1 , , W 6–5 , W 6–4 , W 6–4 , L 4-6 , , - , align=left, Russell Wolfe , align=left, Individual recurve W1/W2 , 555 , 20 , W 6–0 , L 0-6 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left, Eric Bennett , align=left, Individual recurve standing , 604 , 11 , W 6–2 , W 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympics
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The Paralympics has grown from a small gathering of British World War II veterans in 1948 to become one of the largest international sporting events by the early 21st century. The Paralympics has grown from 400 athletes with a disability from 23 countries in Rome 1960, where they were proposed by doctor Antonio Maglio, to 4,520 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Summer Paralympics
) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic Stadium , summer_prev = Sydney 2000 , summer_next = Beijing 2008 , winter_prev = Salt Lake City 2002 , winter_next = Turin 2006 The 2004 Summer Paralympics ( el, Θερινοί Παραολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004. 3,806 athletes from 136 National Paralympic Committees competed. 519 medal events were held in 19 sports. Four new events were introduced to the Paralympics in Athens; 5-a-side football for the blind, quads wheelchair tennis, and women's competitions in judo and sitting volleyball. Following a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murderball (film)
''Murderball'' is a 2005 American documentary film about athletes who are physically disabled who play wheelchair rugby. It centres on the rivalry between the Canadian and U.S. teams leading up to the 2004 Paralympic Games. It was directed by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro, and produced by Jeffrey V. Mandel and Shapiro. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature for the 78th Academy Awards. ''Murderball'' was the first and only MTV film released through THINKFilm as well as Participant Media. UN screening The film was screened at the United Nations uncut. One of its stars, Mark Zupan, winced when describing how embarrassed he was to have his mother hear his remarks on the sex lives of persons with quadriplegia. Production ''Murderball'' was shot on a low budget. The main camera used was a Panasonic AG-DVX100; a Sony PD150 was used to shoot some of the early interviews. The crew rigged a Sennheiser shotgun microphone to use as a boom, and relied heavily on Lavali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Denver
The University of Denver (DU) is a private university, private research university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent private university in the Mountain States, Rocky Mountain Region of the United States. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – very high research activity". DU enrolls approximately 5,700 undergraduate students and 7,200 graduate students. The main campus is a designated arboretum and is located primarily in the Denver#Neighborhoods, University Neighborhood, about five miles (8 km) south of downtown Denver. The 720-acre Kennedy Mountain Campus is located approximately 110 miles northwest of Denver, in Larimer County. History In March 1864, John Evans (Colorado governor), John Evans, former List of Governors of Colorado#Governors of the Territory of Colorado, Governor of the Colorado Territory, appointee of President Abraham Lincoln, founded the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Korbel School Of International Studies
The Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver is a professional school of international affairs offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees. It is named in honor of the founding dean, Josef Korbel, father of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The Josef Korbel School is located on the University of Denver’s main campus in Denver, Denver’s University Hill neighborhood. The school currently educates more than 700 students with nearly 70 full- and part-time faculty members. It is also home to 10 academic research centers and institutes. Frederick “Fritz” Mayer has been dean of the school since 2019. In 2018, the school's master's programs were ranked 14th in the world by Foreign Policy magazine, ''Foreign Policy'' magazine. The Josef Korbel School is a full member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). History The Depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Relations
International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as war, diplomacy, trade, and foreign policy—as well as relations with and among other international actors, such as intergovernmental organisations (IGOs), international nongovernmental organisations (INGOs), international legal bodies, and multinational corporations (MNCs). There are several schools of thought within IR, of which the most prominent are realism, liberalism, and constructivism. International relations is widely classified as a major subdiscipline of political science, along with comparative politics and political theory. However, it often draws heavily from other fields, including anthropology, economics, geography, law, philosophy, sociology, and history. While international politics has been analyzed since antiquit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The Twin Cities campus comprises locations in Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, Minnesota, Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul, approximately apart. The Twin Cities campus is the oldest and largest in the University of Minnesota system and has the List of United States university campuses by enrollment, ninth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,376 students at the start of the 2021–22 academic year. It is the Flagship#Colleges and universities in the United States, flagship institution of the University of Minnesota System, and is organized into 19 colleges, schools, and other major academic units. The Minnesota Territorial Legislature drafted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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